On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 4:51 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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 > The whole idea of taxing citizens is retarded. I like fair tax because it's not related to "us" being citizens of USA. We could receive less visitors due to higher costs on vacations or business travel but it works for me. With the advancements we see in distribution and lower prices at Walmart, we could still pay a little bit more and still get by just fine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:339821 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
