On Jul 4, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
Fairtax as a sales tax can be done using existing systems (since sales tax is charged in most states already). VAT fails the very first test you (falsely) accused fairtax of failing, namely lack of simplicity and requiring massive new government to manage it. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:339815 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
