Convert all this hidden taxation of corporate taxes, business taxes and all that stuff into a visible sales tax and people will realize just how much taxes the "poor" are really paying.
If people knew the amount of taxes they were paying that was already a part of the goods they buy, then you would have more people demanding fiscal responsibility. It's a liberal's nightmare and they would fight this to the death.
Plus, the tax rate would come down as goods and services adjust their product retail prices. Businesses will be unshackled and this economy would take off like a rocket. End result would be even more money in the federal coffers.
It is beyond interesting to consider the huge shift in fiscal dynamics that would take place in a sales tax scenario.
Hey, if its a fight to the death they want... I'm game. Liberals don't like guns so this should be a quick fight. We needed to do some weeding in that end of the gene pool in any case.
I'll admit I haven't studied this as deeply as many others but this logic doesn't make total sense to me. We already have this form of taxation in such things as excise taxes and fuel taxes. I don't see these as "growing the economy". Changing the form of tax without changing the amount of dollars collected would do little to free up the economy to grow. It's bait and switch at the highest level.
A can of soup that costs $1 at the store will now cost $1.30. I'm still paying taxes just in smaller increments many more times. Other than not paying $125 to get my taxes done at the end of the year, what has the average consumer saved?
Last time I was in England, I was surprised to find I liked not having to calculate a surcharge on everything I purchased, and I didn't find the prices of things to be significantly over priced. That may be different now with the weak dollar, but I had the feeling that with the VAT, the market sets the price, and if the producers get screwed, then the economy goes to hell and the govt has to do something. Just an empirical observation.