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Good grief. Who cares what kind of a washing machine Jack Welch acquires or whether he gets a freebie from R&D? He'll buy plenty of expensive goods elsewhere and he'll pay way more than his share in taxes. If he doesn't, his heirs will. And I have no doubt that his wealth and investments and philanthropy will do great things for people who are a lot less well off than he is and will continue long after he is gone. Capitalism works.

Yes, capitalism does work. The one thing every consumer owes is a sales tax to the government that insures his safety and future tranquility. As the tax structure now stands, we are attuned to think in terms of what can I get from the fed, what can I keep from the fed at tax time, why should I have to pay so much when the filthy rich pay so small a percentage of their money? Tax reform?... Eliminate the IRS and their function, install a sales tax to be collected by the states, who will withhold a share based on the sales occurring in their state, and toss the 15,000 pages of tax guide out the damn window (preferrably onto dimocrat congressional heads). When the taxman can force a farm to be sold in order to pay inheritance tax, destroying the heritage of the family in whose hands that land and business has remained making America stronger, there is something demonically like a will to destroy the Republic at work!

Capitalism works.

Yep. Under an NRST, the black market would flourish.
The fedgov can't even put a dent in domestic trade of illicit substances it has banned.
Place a whopping sales tax on ALL items and the "underground economy" will grow exponentially.