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Income tax; Flat tax; National Sales tax; No tax

Which do you prefer:


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Which would you prefer: (over simplistic - just a poll)

Income tax - nothing changes and the tax system as we know it continues on as always - changing and morphing month to month

Flat tax - Revisions to current tax code in effect doing away with all other forms of taxation except for a low percentage of flat tax across the board

National Sales tax - Revisions to current tax code in effect doing away with all other forms of taxation except for a nation wide sales tax - if you spend nothing, you pay nothing

No tax - The tax codes as written currently are un-Constitutional and therefore should be abolished entirely. In place of taxes, we would rely on donations by private citizens/corporations.
 
I vote Flat Tax if we still have an income tax. I would have a Constitutional cap on the tax rate. If we would have a Consumption tax I would have a Constitutional cap on the rate that could be taxed. Also i would not have both at one time.
 
Consumption tax. Much more sensible than the current insanity.
 
I'm all for a flat income tax. Lacking that a National Sales/Consumption tax sounds appetizing.

Has anyone thought of making a Carbon/Consumption tax? A VAT, but value measured by carbon emissions, sounds like an interesting meld of environmentalism and free market perspective.
 
I want a simplified progressive income tax.

A flat tax is too regressive against the poor, while a national sales tax won't bring in enough tax revenue.
 
How can taxes be unconstitutional when there's a whole constitutional amendment designed to allow them?

EDIT: Not to mention the clause in Article 1 Section 8


Also, I voted income tax. It could use some changes, but I still prefer it over the alternatives.
 
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How can taxes be unconstitutional when there's a whole constitutional amendment designed to allow them?

EDIT: Not to mention the clause in Article 1 Section 8


Also, I voted income tax. It could use some changes, but I still prefer it over the alternatives.

Psst. It's just an assertion that surfaces when I ask this question - I'm not saying it is Un-Constitutional, but I'm sure someone will come along and say that it is.
 
Psst. It's just an assertion that surfaces when I ask this question - I'm not saying it is Un-Constitutional, but I'm sure someone will come along and say that it is.

It's just that I don't think that anyone who is literate thinks that.
 
It's just that I don't think that anyone who is literate thinks that.

Not really, its just the usual nonsense in which a person tries to use the constitution to push their personal beliefs.
 
Which would you prefer: (over simplistic - just a poll)

Income tax - nothing changes and the tax system as we know it continues on as always - changing and morphing month to month

Flat tax - Revisions to current tax code in effect doing away with all other forms of taxation except for a low percentage of flat tax across the board

National Sales tax - Revisions to current tax code in effect doing away with all other forms of taxation except for a nation wide sales tax - if you spend nothing, you pay nothing

No tax - The tax codes as written currently are un-Constitutional and therefore should be abolished entirely. In place of taxes, we would rely on donations by private citizens/corporations.

There needs to be an option for "income tax, with modifications." I support an income tax that, generally speaking, is higher and more progressive than what we currently have. I would eliminate most deductions, leaving only education, health, and charity deductions. I would tax a person's ENTIRE compensation (including medical benefits) as regular income.

And while we're at it, we should get rid of all corporate taxes and tariffs, tax capital gains as normal income, eliminate most general sales taxes, and increase the gasoline tax.
 
I support a flat income tax for anyone above the poverty line IF there were no loopholes whatsoever for anyone above the poverty line to get out of paying it.
 
I support a flat income tax for anyone above the poverty line IF there were no loopholes whatsoever for anyone above the poverty line to get out of paying it.
Define loophole.

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I favor a progressive income tax - although with more tax brackets than we have now and the upper brackets paying more than they do currently.
 
I want a simplified progressive income tax.

A flat tax is too regressive against the poor, while a national sales tax won't bring in enough tax revenue.
a national sales tax discourages consumption as well, which is not always a good thing.
 
Everyone should pay the same % tax, thats the only fair thing. Even if you make 1 dollar a year of a trillion dollar per year.

Furthermore, that tax should be defined permanently within a minimum and maximum percentage.

Furthermore the state should never be able to run deficits and surplus. They should spend all the cash, no more, no less.
 
I want a simplified progressive income tax.

A flat tax is too regressive against the poor, while a national sales tax won't bring in enough tax revenue.

Thats something the social system would take care off.
 
I'm not sure because if we had a flat tax than too many people would say that the rich are not paying enough and that the poor are suffer the most.
If we had a national sales tax then what are we expecting to pay for basic stuff? If we want the government we have now we'd have to tax goods at a high percentage that would hurt businesses and that would cause a huge unemployment level.
If we had no tax then can we really trust that the people would not commit crime? No, because a crime free society is not realistic. There will always be crime and we will always need the law enforcement to arrest those people.

But I voted for no tax until we have gotten back control of the government from the control freaks who run it.
 
A graduated income tax is overly intrusive.

A flat tax is most fair, but still intrusive since the government must still inquire into your finances.

A sales tax is least intrusive and offers the individual the option of not paying taxes.
 
I'm all for a flat income tax. Lacking that a National Sales/Consumption tax sounds appetizing.

Has anyone thought of making a Carbon/Consumption tax? A VAT, but value measured by carbon emissions, sounds like an interesting meld of environmentalism and free market perspective.

Don't tax my carbon!

The concept of a carbon tax is plainly total bull****.

Taxation's only legitimate purpose is collection of revenue for Constitutional government operations.

Taxing carbon is a lame attempt at behavior modification and that sort of thing is not consistent with a free society.
 
How can taxes be unconstitutional when there's a whole constitutional amendment designed to allow them?

EDIT: Not to mention the clause in Article 1 Section 8


Also, I voted income tax. It could use some changes, but I still prefer it over the alternatives.

Article 1 Section 8 DOES NOT permit taxation of income.

That's why the Sixteenth Amendment was foisted on us. In the 1800's and pre-FDR 1900's the courts used to take their jobs seriously.
 
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I support a flat income tax for anyone above the poverty line IF there were no loopholes whatsoever for anyone above the poverty line to get out of paying it.

Only if the government benefits recieved by those claiming "poverty" are treated as taxable income.
 
What we really need is a government that controls spending and lives within a budget.

I voted sales tax but then all other taxes should vanish.
 
I would suggest a resource tax: the more resources you use, the more you pay in taxes. I'm talking physical, tangible resources of more or less any kind, with some provision that people who are ill and therefore using more medical resources get a pass. Would work more or less the same for both businesses and individuals.
 
I want a simplified progressive income tax.

A flat tax is too regressive against the poor, while a national sales tax won't bring in enough tax revenue.

As much as I don't like taxes (and I think maybe land tax should be eliminated), the fact is that both flat and strict sales tax are all regressive forms of taxation. In that light, I would agree that the simplest form of tax is a progressive income tax. Though I don't like the base form of that tax as a tax on one's labor. However, at some point we have to understand that taxes are necessary and we should try to find the best system to implement. It may just be the progressive income tax.
 
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