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Holy necromancy Batman!
fairness, yes, i'd say that's what i want. all those who use government services pay for them; those who make little, pay little, those who make more, pay more.
frankly, i'd rather see the whole thing replaced with a national sales tax a'la the Fair Tax; that way what you pay is voluntary.
hyperbole about tiny tim irrespective
fairness, yes, i'd say that's what i want. all those who use government services pay for them; those who make little, pay little, those who make more, pay more.
frankly, i'd rather see the whole thing replaced with a national sales tax a'la the Fair Tax; that way what you pay is voluntary.
hyperbole about tiny tim irrespective
It would only be voluntary if the tax was not applied to essential items, like food, clothing and shelter
under the FairTax legislation those items are taxed (everything is at the retail level); but each family get's a prebate which negates the tax up to the poverty line.
It is still an involuntary tax as people do need to purchase food, clothing and shelter.
I'm for the national sales tax, exempting food only.
If we have money to buy things, the government makes money. And visa-versa. Our government should rise and fall (money wise) according to the ability of the populous to purchase. i.e: We suffer, they suffer. We prosper, they prosper.
A tax on wealth, along the lines of what was once proposed by Donald Trump himself, is badly needed. Trump wanted a tax of 14.25% on all wealth above ten million dollars back in 1999.
This has to be the worst idea in a world of bad ideas. So we want to discourage savings and have America be more of a consumer society. Exactly the remedy to fix the economy we used for the last 25 years with such horrible results.
While this would no doubt make accountants rich, this is nuts. Would this tax be annual, so that after 7 years ou would have nothing left or a one shot deal so you have to find a way to shift wealth from one year to another.
A tax on wealth, along the lines of what was once proposed by Donald Trump himself, is badly needed. Trump wanted a tax of 14.25% on all wealth above ten million dollars back in 1999.
Income tax - Currently the only viable way to get the income we need
Flat tax - Bad Bad Bad idea. This is a regresive tax. The lower your income the higher percent of disposible income that will be spent on basic needs. It almost guarantees lower and middle class will never make to the top.
National Sales tax - Even worse than a flat tax. Thank about it. Your only taxed when you spend so what will people not do. . . SPEND.
No tax - Not an option.
Instead of trying to kill this dead horse we should work on making America better at international traid, reduce spending and enforce the tax laws we currently have.
I was Pointing to my string/posts of last night, Agreeing with you and elaborating WHY Fairtax/Flattax was a bad idea and why Progressive income tax was a good idea.mbig,
Please include a segway. Im not sure what your point is.
Income tax - Currently the only viable way to get the income we need
Flat tax - Bad Bad Bad idea. This is a regresive tax. The lower your income the higher percent of disposible income that will be spent on basic needs. It almost guarantees lower and middle class will never make to the top.
National Sales tax - Even worse than a flat tax. Thank about it. Your only taxed when you spend so what will people not do. . . SPEND.
No tax - Not an option.
Instead of trying to kill this dead horse we should work on making America better at international traid, reduce spending and enforce the tax laws we currently have.
whats so bad about people spending less money? In fact once the economy recovers that will be good. Its a common understanding that one of the long run problems with the US is that our saving rate is too low.
I was Pointing to my string/posts of last night, Agreeing with you and elaborating WHY Fairtax/Flattax was a bad idea and why Progressive income tax was a good idea.
Baffled as to your reply not seeing that.
Yikes! This is Excruciating.I think that was my point as well. Please explain what point we disagree on.