>> Dana wrote: >> I don't think the choice will be be that somehow. I think that (most) >> people who pay taxes will still pay taxes, but perhaps less. But it >> astonishes me that small-government conservatives advocate for a >> program where the government keeps track not only of what you make but >> what you spend as well >> > >Well, since its a *sales* tax they probably wouldn't know who bought >what unless they matched up, say, CC #s. > >But just to throw out another problem (but possible benefit too), here >in MN we share a border with a foreign country. I'd have trouble >counting the number of people that I know that, say, start out on the >lake with one boat motor and return with different shiny motor that >they claim is the same one.
I'd like to know where. From what I remember about the area, the US side was cheaper when it came to outboards. Rainy River, Ft. Frances, Kenora etc., were all more expensive than places like International Falls, Red Lake or Roosevelt MN. > >The borders (both north and south) provide for HUGE arbitrage >opportunities and that's WITHOUT A NATIONAL SALES TAX! So I have >trouble believing that something like this could even be enforceable; >especially if there's no more IRS agents to look into anything. > >Hell, I've flown to Texas for Taco Cabana. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:252802 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
