Posted on 09/30/2006 11:02:57 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Katherine Harris proposed a national sales tax during a campaign appearance Friday in front of the Internal Revenue Service, which she said she would abolish.
The appearance was mostly intended to continue her assault on Sen. Bill Nelson, the Democrat she is seeking to unseat in November.
"The people of Florida need to know that Bill Nelson has raised their taxes time and time again," she said.
Harris said that as senator she would make tax reform her top priority and argued to scrap the current tax system, and thus the IRS, for a national sales tax. Florida is one of a handful of states that rely on sales taxes instead of income taxes.
"No more income taxes," she said. "No more death taxes. Just taxes on what you spend."
Harris, however, would not use the term "sales tax," preferring the term "fair tax," which she said she would travel the state to promote next week.
Critics of the national sales tax argue it would amount to a big tax hike for low- and moderate-income taxpayers, who pay less tax than higher income taxpayers under the current system. A 2004 analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy of the leading sales tax legislation at the time estimated that at least 80 percent of earners would see their taxes increase.
In Florida, according to the analysis, taxes would have risen for 95 percent of taxpayers in 2005 if the sales tax were set at a rate sufficient for the government to break even. The lowest 60 percent would have paid about $4,100 more on average, and the highest 1 percent of earners would have paid an average of almost $255,000 less in taxes.
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Good job
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
The proposed legislation would do that simultaneously. I don't think the State Legislatures would have a problem passing it........
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
He also looks way too much like "Beavis":
Nelson, especially when he is speaking, has eyebrows that appear to be trying to escape into his hair-line making it look like he is always "surprised".
That makes sense because everything seems to come as a surprise to him.
Old southern expression: "You've heard of people who don't know anything....this guy doesn't even suspect anything".
I live in Florida. In order for the 17th Amendment to be repealed, it has to be submitted to the States' Legislatures for approval. When 36 of then do, it is toast!........that's what I was talking about!........
An important consequence of the NRST is that the government no longer has any "need" to know the details of your business or your income. It doesn't matter what you pay your employees, or whether you amortize capital investment on one schedule or another, or anything of the sort. The tax is the same regardless.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Think of the money it will save and the loopholes that will be eliminated. It's extremely fair, everyone is taxed on their ability to spend.
That would be a huge step backward.
I have lived in both and speak from experience.
except for the fact that not one single entitlement program will go away, and one huge one will be created.
One of the nice things about Harris being so far behind in the polls is that she can't afford to run a "safe" campaign. She is having to talk about issues that have a chance of "catching fire" with her constituents. She is proposing some bold conservative ideas. I love that. It's just too bad that these ideas couldn't come from a more electable source. Still, I hope that some of her conservative ideas catch the imagination of the people.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
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