“Those stupid, stupid fools”
Why are those Republicans in Congress who signal a willingness to increase taxes “fools”, when a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination who supports an almost-ten-percent national sales tax across the board (and who is a favorite of many folks in this forum), not?
Why would a nine percent sales tax on everything I buy be good for me?
Or for the country?
Those are serious questions, soliciting serious answers...
Because it is a replacement for the current income tax that: 1) is lower 2) out in the open (not hidden in the costs) 3) can be mitigated by (not) buying and/or buying used. That does not sound foolish to me, that sounds like freedom.