this is only the half of it. When we get a NRST, they'll decide it isn't enough and therefore must keep the income tax in place. Consider: Last session of TX state legislators a law was passed--Fair Tax bill-- that allowed businesses with old equipment and personal property to use federal guidelines for depreciation of equipment for the purpose of reducing a personal property tax bill. We were nevertheless taxed at the old rate--a difference of 4,500 dollars. When we protested, The Tarrant Co Tax Appraisal District told us they couldn't AFFORD to reduce our taxes. "Are you saying you're going to break the law?" We asked. "Yes," was the answer. "If you don't like it you can always sue." Now who will be able to sue over 4,500 dollars? Certainly not thousands of small businesses who already have equiptment that is over thirty years old. Make no mistake, not only is government not your friend, they're (by their own addmission) crooks!
>this is only the half of it. When we get a NRST, they'll decide it isn't enough snd therefore must keep the income tax in place.<
Exsactly why Oregonians have voted down a sales tax so many times. High state income tax, high property taxes, and the state wants to put a third leg under it. Yes, Oregonians will soon be voting on a sales tax measure - again! What do they say about doing the same thing over and over with the same result but expecting another?
What prevents the government from passing a sales tax today? What prevents getting both? Part of HR 25 is the disbanding of the IRS, in fact HR25 is the best defense to getting both forms of taxation.