Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > Taxes generate revenue, yes. So regardless of the tax system, revenue > is required and therefore a goal. > > VAT takes goods at every stage of production. FairTax just taxes the > final retail product. This simplifies the tax structure. You know, > so it doesn't take 10,000x more people to enforce it. >
I'll restate my question to be more clear: if the goal is tax revenue enhanced by consumption taxes why not just add the VAT to existing income tax? Would that get then bulk up tax revenue based on those wealthiest ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339813 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
