...It seems to me that a 9% sales tax would hurt retirees....
If something isnt done soone retirees will have no Social Security or Medicare or it wil be reduced more than 9%. Are you ok with that?
Do you have children do you know people younger than you? How about helping them get jobs and prosper, is that worth anything to you? How does another decade or so of 18% unemployment sound to you? (real unemployment not govt lies)
How about taking the power that Congress uses to give rewards and take away tax breaks to special interest groups in return for corrupt dollars, would you like to eliminate that and what is that worth?
I have a daughter. I more than helped her get a job. I, financially and otherwise, helped her start her own business and she is prospering! Because her business requires her to be on the road constantly, I take care of her three children, sometimes for weeks on end. I also hire my semi-employed neighbor, who is a welder by trade, to do all the handyman work around my property. I also mind his kids, without conpensation, when he does get a welding job. Am I doing enough to satisfy you?
I still think a 9% sales tax will hurt retirees.