[spirit_free]

Sorry I didn't miss anything. Switching one tax for another or reducing a tax while you add one is not, I repeat, IS NOT a reduction of taxes.

REALITY is: Taxes NEVER decrease! Again ... NEVER! When a tax is created it ALWAYS grows bigger. I missed nothing.

[spirit_free]

You are living in a politician's world. I again repeat I didn't miss anything you said ... we have already heard this stuff before. As most of us know, this stuff bites the average citizen in the butt, and it hurts!

I have known rocket scientists before ... they know SO much, but the ones I have known have very little common sense. The ones I knew worked at Lawrence Livermore Lab, does that count?

Have a good weekend ... and keep on thinking. This can be a good thing.

[Rockitz]

Oh, I see your solution. Let's all just continue to pay for illegal immigrants through higher income tax rates and higher insurance premiums and let them continue to earn cash compensation tax free and continue to encourage them to come to get all these free services. That's brilliant! You should be a rocket scientist. The status quo is unacceptable. ARE WE CLEAR?

I would ask that you read it again and comprehend it this time. As proposed, the VAT would be revenue neutral for responsible individuals who pay payroll taxes through reduced tax rates. VAT attacks illegal immigrants in their pockets through a higer cost of living. This serves two purposes: 1) covering costs of illegal immigration and 2) discouragement of illegal immigration.