Good morning, Jay! Jay P Hailey wrote:
> Anyone want to comment? > > GOP Discusses National Sales Tax Sure, if they make the tax *EQUAL* between rich and poor, it *MIGHT* be a better solution than the IRS. However, as proposed, the tax would disproportionately penalize the rich and the poor, since they will both, in effect, be paying the same amount. The flat-tax theory is one of the worst possible solutions, since a man who makes six million dollars per year will be essentially paying the same amount of taxes as you or I. Uh, you didn't suddenly fall into some money, did you? 8-) Then we have the other pitfall to this ungainly proposal-- the fixed-income families and retirees, who pay virtually no income tax under the existing system but who, under the quasi-new-and-improved system would be obligated to pay taxes to the federal gummint. No matter how you look at the flat tax, it's a sure-fire way for the Bush Administration to make dramatic claims that he has improved the federal budget, all the while placing a MUCH bigger burden on the lower and middle-class. Taxation without representation is tyranny, and my friend, it does appear to me that tyranny is the order of the day. Hell, we re-elected the simpering slob, now we have to live with the stupidity of the majority of American voters. Dave -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 11/24/2004 Usenet news server : news://news.kharma.net Fortune Random Thought For the Minute Always look over your shoulder because everyone is watching and plotting against you. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
