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I have no problem with a tax cut.

Then why do you oppose eliminating the tax on necessities via rebate/refund?

You've already agreed that necessities ARE currently being taxed. So by refunding the tax paid on necessities, individuals are receiving a tax cut equivalent to the amount of earnings previously spent on necessites.

Necessities now taxed. Necessities not taxed in future. Tax cut to all in the amount of taxes previously spent on necessities.

BTW look up "redistribution" in the dictionary.

I have no problem with a tax cut.

Then why do you oppose eliminating the tax on necessities via rebate/refund?

It's the "via rebate/refund" that I am opposed, because the system is anything but that. Imagine a system where everytime you buy food (grain, for example), a tenth of it is confiscated by the government. At the end of some period, the government then takes all this grain, subtracting what it needs for its own use, and divides the remainder equally among every household in the kingdom. Clearly, such a system would be communism. But if you replace "grain" with "tax dollars", your rebate system is exactly the same thing. In your zeal to create a "fair" tax system, you are advocating a limited form of communism.

You've already agreed that necessities ARE currently being taxed. So by refunding the tax paid on necessities, individuals are receiving a tax cut equivalent to the amount of earnings previously spent on necessites

No, they aren't, and that's the problem. It isn't a "refund" of the amount of tax paid, it is a "prebate" that is given equally to all in spite of the amount of tax paid or not paid.

Necessities now taxed. Necessities not taxed in future.

Under the system you are proposing, necessities would still be taxed. If the goal is to not tax necessities, then just don't "steal the tenth of grain" in the first place.

Tax cut to all in the amount of taxes previously spent on necessities

No, "prebate" government handouts to all in an amount the government thinks is a what they should have spent on necessities. In other words, "to each according to their needs", and just another mechanism of communism.

If you don't want to tax something, just don't tax it. But that answer isn't good enough for you, since it doesn't allow for the government meddling and associated bureaucracy that you so desire.