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Since when the hell has any government EVER reduced the tax level AFTER a new tax has been intorduced????

In 2001, the Bush administration and a Republican Congress reduced income tax rates. At the same time, they created a plan to eliminate the death tax altogether.

Sales taxes do seem to only increase, though. I'm sure there have been instances in history where they've been reduced, but I can't think of any.

Also, the point needs to be made to sales tax advocates that this plan is essentially a national sales tax. The fears of sales tax opponents have come to pass -- a national sales tax without the repeal of the income tax. The pro-sales-tax crowd never fully thought through the economic consequences of their tax. Neither did they consider the practical consequences we see in this article. In short, sales tax advocates don't think.

" In 2001, the Bush administration and a Republican Congress reduced income tax rates. At the same time, they created a plan to eliminate the death tax altogether."

BFD. That doesn't do squat for my business which is at the highest tax rate. It's great if you are a middle class taxpayer, but for business it's moot. Your point is well taken but I won't believe it until I see it permanently enacted.

" Also, the point needs to be made to sales tax advocates that this plan is essentially a national sales tax. The fears of sales tax opponents have come to pass -- a national sales tax without the repeal of the income tax. The pro-sales-tax crowd never fully thought through the economic consequences of their tax. Neither did they consider the practical consequences we see in this article. In short, sales tax advocates don't think."

Agreed. I am a proponent of a national sales tax but ONLY after a total repeal of the income tax. I knew that once the government figured out a way to introduce this, that the consumer would pay the ultimate price. Since this will be a state by state plan initially, the customers in those states will be the first to feel the effects as I am sure many businesses who are too small to add the overhead will simply refuse to sell to people in those states. As the tax becomes national, it will be what killed the goose that laid the golden egg. So much for the economic recovery once this becomes national. These idiots just have no idea how much damage they can really do.