“And you are extremely naive to believe that everyone will automatically drop the price of their goods because those “hidden” taxes will be removed. “
You are RIGHT! Companies will NOT drop prices just because their tax burden is eased.
“Guess you just don’t know human nature very well, lol. “
I know human nature very well. I know that some sneaky b@stard will lower their prices to grab the market share and force other to do the same to compete. IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.
“Oh, and it will be great when 9-9-9 becomes 15-15-15, etc., and because it will be done incrementally, 1 percent at a time, the frog won’t even feel the water getting warmer and warmer while sitting in the pot, until it’s too late to jump out.”
Yeah, RIGHT! I guess *you* don’t even recognize your *own* nature very well. People like you and me will be screaming our heads off.
As it’s the liberals who tend to raise taxes, it’ll be liberal politicians taking the heat.
“LIBERALS WANT TO STARVE GRANDMA!!” the headlines will scream.
“Yeah, RIGHT! I guess *you* don’t even recognize your *own* nature very well. People like you and me will be screaming our heads off.”
We indeed scream our heads off already, but Congress and the WH go right ahead and raise our taxes anyway, just like the Obama Admin has done with Obamacare. All you need is complete control of the house, the senate, and the WH and voila, you have raised taxes, which is exactly what happened. Sometimes you can scream and be heard, other times, you are stuck for at least 4 years with what becomes institutionalized tax increases. And at some tipping point, just like in Venezuela, with Hugo Chavez, the population will back any soak the rich taxes that the dictator in chief comes up with, out of ignorance, and redistribution of wealth programs that benefit them. This next election will give us some indication of whether we have reached that tipping point yet or not. Hopefully not, and we still will have some time left, before it is too late.