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Originally posted by fnpmitchreturns
we need both ... new taxes by closing the loop holes and making it a flat tax
Also when I was born a dollar bought 14 CENTS IN VALUE after being devalued from the 1913 FED beginning....
The government is robbing you blind through inflation not taxation .... yet so many remain a sleep ...
Mr. Franklin would be dismayed.....edit on 27-10-2012 by fnpmitchreturns because: dec
Originally posted by Labrynth2012
Originally posted by fnpmitchreturns
we need both ... new taxes by closing the loop holes and making it a flat tax
Also when I was born a dollar bought 14 CENTS IN VALUE after being devalued from the 1913 FED beginning....
The government is robbing you blind through inflation not taxation .... yet so many remain a sleep ...
Mr. Franklin would be dismayed.....edit on 27-10-2012 by fnpmitchreturns because: dec
The ONLY CONSTITUTIONAL TAX is a NATIONAL SALES TAX !
All this talk about a flat tax is pathetic. People need to go back to Constitution School 101 and understand what the framers had in mind for a tax system. Also, we need to repeal the 16th Amendment to put the National Sales Tax in place.
At least with a National Sales Tax, everyone pays the same rate of tax. Rich people will pay more tax on the more expensive toys they buy. The poor only pay the tax when they buy something taxable. Food and medicine should not be taxed at all. The Tax Rate should be set at 8.50% and Congress would not be the authorizing authority to raise or lower that rate, that would be left to the vote by the People (National Referendum). Also, Congress would be subject to the same health care as those not in Congress. They would get no special perks for their service and their service should not be lifetime or career as the framers designed it to be.edit on 10/27/2012 by Labrynth2012 because: (no reason given)
The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results.
Originally posted by Labrynth2012
The ONLY CONSTITUTIONAL TAX is a NATIONAL SALES TAX !
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;
Originally posted by Alxandro
It's a different world and time.
That time span Ben Stein mentions, 1941 to 1973, was an era where almost everything was made in the US.
We're talking about good, top quality goods made from high quality material, that were designed to last a lifetime.
We now live in a fast paced, impatient world, continually churning out cheap disposable products.
Having a 70% tax in place won't have the same effect as it did back then.
Originally posted by Labrynth2012
reply to post by newcovenant
IMHO, Ben Stein is just another talking head with his own ideas and opinions. I'm sorry, Ben does not pass muster on what the US Congress or much less the President has to do to fix things.