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To: DennisR

The flat income tax:

-keeps withholding in place
-keeps the 7.65% employee payroll tax in place
-keeps the 7.65% employer "contribution" payroll tax in place (hidden in higher prices and/or lower wages)
-keeps business income taxes, which are invisible in higher prices - ie the flat tax keeps a significant portion of taxes hidden
-keeps - indeed REQUIRES the 16th amendment to be in place
-keeps US goods less competitive by forcing taxes and tax costs into prices of US made goods
-keeps the government's ability to audit individuals and take away their freedom for innocent mistakes


47 posted on 08/02/2005 5:05:33 PM PDT by Principled
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To: Principled

-keeps withholding in place (for the individual - what about the businessman using NRST?)
-keeps the 7.65% employee payroll tax in place (that is Social Security, not a Federal tax)
-keeps the 7.65% employer "contribution" payroll tax in place (hidden in higher prices and/or lower wages) (that is Social Security, not a Federal tax)
-keeps business income taxes, which are invisible in higher prices - ie the flat tax keeps a significant portion of taxes hidden (not sure what you mean here)
-keeps - indeed REQUIRES the 16th amendment to be in place (good luck changing that - not going to happen, ever)
-keeps US goods less competitive by forcing taxes and tax costs into prices of US made goods (that is what the NRST does - but it makes goods very expensive psychologically)
-keeps the government's ability to audit individuals and take away their freedom for innocent mistakes (the government is always going to retain that right, insidious as it may be)


66 posted on 08/02/2005 9:48:40 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - there are countless observable clues that God exists)
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