[sitetest]

Dear Carry_Okie,

I don't disagree with you.

My two main problems with the NSRT are:

1. I am adamantly opposed to it without guaranteed repeal of the 16th amendment.

2. I think that a 30% sales tax will overburden consumption.

Thus, without a constitutional amendment that repeals the 16th amendment (and the repealing amendment could give a few years to allow for a transition), or some clause in the NSRT legislation that delays its implementation until the ratification of a repeal amendment, the NSRT should be a dead letter.

And, without cutting government spending FIRST, the NSRT could seriously suppress consumption. We often call the results of that a "recession."

I'm also not crazy about the "prebate," as it makes everyone a direct client of the state, everyone gets a green weenie once a month (perjorative term for a paycheck drawn by federal workers on the US Treasury).

But otherwise, I'm open to the idea in concept.


sitetest

[RobFromGa]

But otherwise, I'm open to the idea in concept.

Watch it, or you don't get invited to any more SQuirreL conventions. We all have "closed" minds.

[Carry_Okie]

And, without cutting government spending FIRST, the NSRT could seriously suppress consumption. We often call the results of that a "recession."

As the experience in Australia and Canada with GST confirm.