Posted on 05/28/2009 11:21:11 AM PDT by Mind Freed
As lawmakers toy with the idea of an across-the-board sales tax on just about everything, tax reform advocates are starting to drum up opposition with the same fervor they employed during last month's anti-tax tea parties.
The idea of a national sales tax was once unlikely. But now that the federal government is doling out billions in stimulus spending and bailouts, and looking for billions more for health care reform, the prospect could be gaining some traction.
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That's because they want to add this on top of the federal income tax!
The VAT is not a sales tax, its hidden inside the prices of products
Thats because they think you still have money left.
Well they sure are giving republican’s in 2010 issues. Taxation is something that no one wants and between the carbon tax ( literally taxing the air), this national sales tax and all of the other taxation they’ve proposed it would be hard not to pound the issue home.
Yep.
Canadians know this.
It’s one of the most expensive taxes to collect and audit, and it KILLS competition.
That’s why a huge percentage of Canadians regularly engage in smuggling along the US border.
1) The Fair tax includes repeal of the 16th ammendment and reduction in the power of the IRS
2) Under a Fair Tax the tax rate can only be raised by a super majority in congress or in the event of national emergence such as a War. Once the emergency ends, the tax goes back down.
3) Lord Zer0's VAT is applied at every stage of production causing exponential rises in prices. The Fair tax is collected once at the point of sale.
4) Necessities like food clothing and shelter are exempt from a fair tax.
5)A fair tax encourages saving, the VAT encourages government growth.
trial balloon to see who reacts to it. Once their opponents are identified they can cook up a strategy to start taking them down, one by one.
I am starting to love the barter system and the black market
Just don’t go blind from “corn squeezins”.
Some of that backwoods stuff ain’t safe.
Not really. In the UK you did see the VAT broken out as a percentage of whatever you were paying for. At least in the early 1990s - I know, I saw my bills.
It would be a 10% (or 20%...or 30%) pay cut for *everyone*.Even the RATS’ main constituency...welfare recipients.
This could describe some married men's sex life also...
Exactly, most people would be fine with the federal government swapping sales for income tax... well most people who pay income tax but the fed will *never* quietly give up the ability to get a chunk of your take home pay before you do..
ouch
I was just thinking my taxes were too low. :)
That is a myth.
There would still be a Federal entity that would collect the taxes and audit the books of businesses that paid the taxes.
The only difference would be that the Federal Tax collector would not be out to get individuals (with the exception of small business owners).
Haven’t you heard the news? 95% of Americans are getting a tax cut.
It’s only the rich who are paying higher taxes, and they can afford to spread the wealth.
Need to buy foreign goods outside of the US!
1. VAT
2. Tax my health benefits
3. Cap-n-Trade (eco tax)
4. Going Green on cars (more expensive)
Damnit Jim, I’m a Doctor not an ATM !!!!
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