OK, thanks. I will continue to eagerly await my turn. BillR -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:03 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: McCain proposes break in fuel taxes
I have you on my list, dont worry, but no I still do not have one yet Bill R wrote: > SLAPS SELF ON FORHEAD. Thanks Kaleb - Yes, I have been talking about the > Fair Tax proposal for long enough that I forget there is also a flat tax > idea. That one I am not for, the Fair Tax proposal I would support. > BTW - Taken apart any decent 126 front seats lately? I still need that > spring set for the seat, and the other stuff if you have it. > BillR > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:35 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: McCain proposes break in fuel taxes > > What you are talking about sounds like the fair tax, not the flat tax. > With the fair tax, everyone gets a prebate on necessary items purchases, > based of family size. > > Bill R wrote: >> As a self described liberal who supports a flat tax, you need to look at > it >> more closely. There is a rebate of the tax for the $$ amount of the > federal >> poverty level. If you make no more than that [and hence spend no more > than >> that] you really are not paying any tax as the tax on necessities has >> already been given to you and everyone else [a prebate, if you want to use >> the term]. Tax is collected only on final consumer sales, so personal, >> corporate and business to business sales are tax free. No more IRS, no > more >> inheritance tax, no more tax of any kind except for a tax on a sale to the >> consumer. Buy a lot, you pay a lot of tax; buy a little, you pay little >> tax. I suspect many of our corporations who have moved offshore would >> return, and there would be no advantage to setting up an account offshore > as >> there is no tax here. No tax loopholes, no tax shelters. I am sure there >> would be some problems with it, but compared to what we have now it should >> be less. >> BillR >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Alex Chamberlain >> Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 3:51 AM >> To: Mercedes Discussion List >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: McCain proposes break in fuel taxes >> >> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Wonko the Sane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >>> I am all for a flat tax. I will give away my mortgage deduction > (TurboTax >>> always points to standard deduction anyway, so why be buying a house?) > if >>> everyone would pay x% of income (NO loopholes) in taxes. >>> >>> Let's say 5%. if you make $20K a year, you pay 5%. If you make >> $10,000,000 a >>> year, you pay 5%. >> Do the other Democrats know you feel this way? Have they tried to >> kick you out of their tree house yet? ;) >> >> Seriously, I've never heard anyone else who was a self-described >> liberal support a flat tax. Quite the opposite---it's usually the pet >> project of people who are unabashedly in the pocket of big business >> (e.g. Steve Forbes). >> >> Isn't a flat tax as regressive as you can get (short of charging a >> percentage inversely proportional to income)? It hits the poor a lot >> harder than the rich, surely. In your example above, 5% of >> $10,000,000 means one less condo in Lake Tahoe, new Bentley for the >> mistress, or splurge in Vegas... big deal. But 5% of $20K means >> Grandma doesn't get her heart medicine, or the kids don't get new >> winter coats. BIG deal. >> >> Alex Chamberlain >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > -- Kaleb C. Striplin/Claremore, OK 94 E420, 92 300SD, 92 300D, 92 250D Turbo, 92 300E 4Matic, 91 300D, 90 420SEL, 89 560SEL, 89 260E, 87 300SDL, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 81 240D, 81 380SLC, 80 240D, 76 240D, 76 300D, 72 250C, 69 250 http://www.okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
