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No, a 26% consumption tax raises sufficient revenue
Sounds like the productive citizens end up taking it in the shorts again.
Tom Brosz
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4/20/2005 4:53:36 AM
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US Tax Code
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phil
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4/13/2005 4:48:03 PM
Consumption tax drawback
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RobVG
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4/16/2005 4:14:44 PM
Maybe for a change governments could cut back on non-essential programs...
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Tom Brosz
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4/17/2005 4:11:45 AM
The real "welfare Cadillac" is in the corporate garage."
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Bowser
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4/19/2005 8:00:47 AM
Define "non-essential".
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Mary Anne
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4/17/2005 7:02:55 PM
re: Define "non-essential".
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Tom Brosz
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4/18/2005 1:15:24 AM
re: Define "non-essential".
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gbaikie
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4/18/2005 1:14:54 AM
The wealthy in this country, have most of the money.
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alcaray
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4/13/2005 8:56:53 PM
No S*** Sherlock
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p
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4/16/2005 11:24:47 PM
With a consumption tax....
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Tony
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4/13/2005 7:02:56 PM
You mean... We'd have to actually.... ENFORCE border security?
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DL
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4/13/2005 7:58:14 PM
re: You mean... We'd have to actually.... ENFORCE border security?
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phil
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4/13/2005 8:19:02 PM
That might work, but here comes the paperwork again.
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Tom Brosz
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4/14/2005 5:52:22 AM
An at-the-register value added tax would be virtually paper-work free
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DL
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4/14/2005 2:46:34 PM
re: value added tax
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Tom Brosz
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4/16/2005 7:12:15 AM
Poverty ID
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DL
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4/18/2005 12:10:50 AM
Solution: Tax everything and pay the poor
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Nick Hoffman
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4/17/2005 11:22:30 AM
fascinating ..
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Daniel
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4/19/2005 5:16:16 AM
I haven't really worked it out but I think you might have a Perpetual Motion Machine on your hands.
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Tom Brosz
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4/18/2005 1:18:07 AM
No, a 26% consumption tax raises sufficient revenue
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p
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4/18/2005 9:06:11 PM
Sounds like the productive citizens end up taking it in the shorts again.
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Tom Brosz
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4/20/2005 4:53:36 AM
Not productive - Consumptive
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Nick Hoffman
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4/20/2005 12:54:07 PM
re: The problem with all these "consumption tax" and "point of sale tax" scheems is that they fail to tax barter transactions.
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Scott Evil
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4/21/2005 11:14:29 PM
re: The problem with all these "consumption tax" and "point of sale tax" scheems is that they fail to tax barter transactions.
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p
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4/22/2005 3:17:01 AM
re: Not productive
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Tom Brosz
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4/21/2005 7:21:23 AM
Bingo!
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phil
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4/21/2005 1:47:48 AM
No perpetual motion.
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Nick Hoffman
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4/18/2005 9:52:13 AM
different minimum standards of living in different areas
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SDG
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4/19/2005 2:31:26 PM
In effect that's what Fair Tax proposes
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phil
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4/17/2005 4:27:44 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.