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Originally posted by KevinBally
TO ALL OF YOU TALKING ABOUT FLAT TAXES ON INCOME, WHY NOT JUST A NATIONAL, FLAT SALES TAX ON CONSUMPTION? THIS WOULD HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF OVERCONSUMPTION IN AMERICA AND CONVINCE PEOPLE TO USE THEIR INCOME TAX FREE MONEY TO PAY DEBTS, SAVE, AND INVEST INSTEAD? IT WOULD BE FAIR AS EVERYONE WOULD PAY THE SAME PERCENTAGE WHEN THEY BUY GOODS OR SERVICES. THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ALSO HAVE AN EASIER TIME WITH TAX COLLECTION, RATHER THAN ALLOWING 47% OF AMERICANS TO PAY NO TAX AT ALL, WHICH IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING WITH THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX. ON THIS SAME WEBSITE, THIS GUY LAYS OUT A GREAT PLAN TO SOLVING AMERICA'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS: www.tabbarianreport.com...
Originally posted by KevinBally
reply to post by TheWalkingFox
You didn't respond to my argument for a flat, national sales tax.
15% on all goods and services. No more federal income tax at all. This solves the problem of overconsumption and encourages people to use their hard earned money to pay down debt, save, and invest= building the future!
Everyone will have to pay because it will be automatic every time they buy. There will be no more 47% of Americans not paying taxes.
Moreover, this won't increase the tax rate on the poor, but it will bring taxes down on the middle and upper middle class.
If you close the loopholes, the extremely rich may actually end up paying a bit more in tax as well. This is the smart way to go (flat, national sales tax), not a "progressive" or "regressive" tax system, which are just words to convince you to support one over the other.
Now I know you'll argue that the majority of the poor and lower middle class don't pay taxes, and this will force them to, but isn't that only fair, that everyone pay their part to support basic govt. necessities like national defense, the enforcement of contracts, protection of life/liberty/property, infrastructure, and education? These are functions that benefit everyone, and everyone should have to do their part as responsible citizen to support these important, but limited functions. This flat, national sales tax is good morality, good economics, and plain common sense.
Originally posted by KevinBally
reply to post by Jean Paul Zodeaux
I generally agree with your point. The country was better off in several economic ways before the creation of the federal income tax and the federal reserve system.
As more people transition and get used to the new system, continue to transition back toward what made America great, during its greatest period of economic growth, from 1870-1912= no federal income tax (or sales tax), no federal reserve, and sound, gold backed money!