Read the article and then weigh in with your pros and cons on the national sales tax/consumption tax. What say ye, FReepers?
To: Veritas_est
Herman Cain at University of Georgia College Republicans
2 posted on
01/21/2004 9:45:11 PM PST by
Veritas_est
(Truth is)
To: NewLand
Would you please ping your Cain list on this one?
5 posted on
01/21/2004 9:55:55 PM PST by
Veritas_est
(Truth is)
To: Veritas_est
Oh...this is the guy who founded GodFather's? I'd definitely vote for him. Unfortunately you can't find anymore of those in Kentucky...it was good pizza.
To: Veritas_est
Thank you for posting an unnecessarily excerpted article. I'm all for a national sales tax.
12 posted on
01/21/2004 11:42:36 PM PST by
upchuck
(Help Stop Animal Overpopulation - Spay/Neuter Your Pets and Any Weird Friends Too...)
To: Veritas_est
More election year hype from the Republicrats. I have news for all who hope that the Rep controlled govt is the answer to all your worries: My guy (Harry Browne) has a better chance of being elected than the Republicans doing anything substantial to roll back govt while in office.
16 posted on
01/22/2004 6:27:55 AM PST by
Nanodik
(Libertarian, Ex-Canadian)
To: Veritas_est
I say YES to the Fair Tax.
But the article makes it sound like something happens at $85,000 income level????
That is not the case. Income is no longer important with respect to taxes...
To: *Taxreform; GA6thDL; Taxman; Bigun; ancient_geezer; n-tres-ted; Snow Bunny
Hello tax reformers....
To: Veritas_est
Put me in the DEFINATELY YES column!
I is time...NO!...LONG past time to put the income tax and the IRS onto the ashheap of history where they so properly belong!
32 posted on
01/22/2004 1:31:42 PM PST by
Bigun
(IRSsucks@getridof it.com)
To: Veritas_est
weigh in with your pros and cons on the national sales tax/consumption tax I didn't know it had any "cons". The usual compaints about it come from the uneducated (and most especially from those unwilling to be educated) about the topic.
Pros:
- Puts the burden of the federal government on every receipt instead of hiding it inside layers of VAT-like hidden taxes
- Lets individuals have first claim on their money and what they want to do with it
- Does not discriminate on age, race, gender, income, religion, or an other political or social grouping
- It is cost-of-living agnostic -- income tax brackets disproportionately tax those in higher cost-of-living areas
- The government no longer has the right or need to compel individuals to provide their financial details
- ...
34 posted on
01/22/2004 1:42:04 PM PST by
kevkrom
(This tag line for rent)
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