[rwrcpa1]

If I'm understanding your numbers correctly, you are saying that all of these taxes add up to x dollars, so that is all that can come out of the costs. The thing you fail to realize (or do but won't ever admit it) is that when materials and labor come up through the supply chain each companies tax costs get added on to the costs of the previous company. It comes up in multiples, not just one static number. BWAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[phil_will1]

"BWAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH"

Oh, nooooooo.

Not another poster who thinks that phrase constitutes intelligent discourse! It must be contagious.

LOL

[balrog666]

If I'm understanding your numbers correctly, you are saying that all of these taxes add up to x dollars, so that is all that can come out of the costs. The thing you fail to realize (or do but won't ever admit it) is that when materials and labor come up through the supply chain each companies tax costs get added on to the costs of the previous company. It comes up in multiples, not just one static number. BWAAAAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Wow, are you just a moron or something?

They are not my numbers, they are from Bush's Office of Management and Budget. They show the total taxes collected that would be eliminated from the price of all goods and services in the US.

Guess what? They don't add up to 20% embedded taxes. They don't even add up to 7% embedded taxes.