When you consider that the US has the highest Corporate Net Income Tax rate in the OECD in conjunction with the disadvantages borne of the fallacious distinction between a direct and an indirect tax.....it is frankly amazing that we have any jobs left in the US.
Imposing protectionist tariffs will only trigger retaliatory measures and exacerbate the problem. It is past time to lay blame for the loss of US jobs precisely where it belongs: At the feet of the US House and Senate.
A heaping helping of blame should be reserved specifically for the members who insist that "Corporations must pay their fair share." Nonsense. Corporations don't pay taxes, people do. The corporate net income tax is the most deceptive and destructive tax we inflict on ourselves and we simply must insist that Congress put an end to the tax and trade charade. Call, fax or e-mail your Congressman and Senators today.
Technical distinction and disertation ping.
This problem is solved with the replacement of the income tax with the Fair Tax, or National Sales Tax. This allows "untaxed goods" to be sent overseas, while consumer products entering the US will subject to the Sales Tax.
Sort of evens the playing field ... doesn't it.
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John Linder in the House(HR25) & Saxby Chambliss Senate(S25) offer a comprehensive bill to kill all income and SS/Medicare payroll taxes outright and replace them with with a national retail sales tax administered by the states.
H.R.25,S.25
A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national retail sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.Refer for additional information:
Remove the taxation of the producer and tax only at retail sale. A lot of good things happen, not only in regards to international trade but to our economy as well.
The increase in demand for our goods and services with leveling the tax barriers that currently exist due to our corporate income and payroll taxes will quite literally reverse the flow of manufacturing out of this nation overnight.
"When it repeals FSC, it should also call on the European Union and all other countries to join the US in correcting the mistaken distinction between direct and indirect taxes. Congress should simultaneously urge US trading partners to cease exempting their exports from VAT and cease imposing those taxes on imports. If they do not amend their tax practices within a decent period, the US tax code should at least be amended to exclude export income from US corporate income tax and allow American-made goods and services a fair opportunity to compete in world markets."
Isn't this where the SQLs chime in to say that removing taxes or making them border adjustable won't do any good because currency adjustments would quickly offset any such changes?
Oh, I forgot, that only applies to the FairTax.
Great find!
Do you know anything about Christian and Hufbauer?
The American Income Tax is a fraud, a sham and a travesty.
It's repugnant to the Constitution of the united states of America and makes American Citizenship undesirable on a number of levels.
Have any of you at AFFT bothered to ask what the WTO thinks of the Fairtax and if it would be OK with them for us to have it?
Too many sheeple just don't get it. They keep blaming corporations and businesses.
The last time the U.S. was required by the WTO to repeal provisions of the FSC, doing so involved savings of about $30-$40 billion/year in "subsidies." Chairman Bill Thomas of Ways & Means used that "savings" to fund general tax cuts for corporation, I think including the cuts in tax rates on capital gains and dividends, plus improved depreciation schedules, etc. This article says nothing about the amount of "savings" involved in this repeal of FSC. It must be substantial, or it would be no big deal. Do you have any idea how much?