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[edit] Implication that moshavim "flat tax" is better than kibbutzim
Theoretically, because all moshav farmers would pay the same tax (amount, not rate), those earning larger profits pay a smaller portion of those profits on the tax. You earn $1,000 you pay $100 in tax, so you keep $900. But if you only earn $500 and pay the same $100 in tax, you only keep $400; that $100 is a bigger bite. It is in your best interest, then, to get that $100 tax paid-off as quickly in the agricultural season as possible. Theoretically, this gives incentive to the "bad ones" (sic) to work harder so the tax is not such a large % burden upon their profits.
Theoretically.
In reality, G-d did not make every hectare of soil perfectly equal to every other hectare. So I am afraid I must take disagreement with this particular statement (3rd last sentence, of 2nd para). It is not "good" or "bad" farmers -- it lucky or unlucky ones. You are given a farm of equal size to everybody else, but what if it is poor quality soil, compared to your neighbour? What if it appears good, but when you plough it many rocks are just under the surface? What if the drainage is poor? What if there are alkali deposits that you can't see?
Yet you still have to pay the same $100 tax as the next farmer with rich soil, who also pays only $100 tax. Thus, instead of being more fair than a kibbutz, the moshav is unfair. It penalises those who are unfortunate to not have the best soil. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atikokan (talk • contribs) 03:56, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
