I saw a post Schming made in the Moore thread and I want to discuss it.



Someone correct me if I make a mistake. About that flat tax rate...I used to like that idea too. But then I really thought about it and I realized it isn't a good idea. With that you take the burden of getting money to the government from the few upper class(who can more than afford it) to that of the backs of the numerous lower class who already struggle under current tax rates just so the government can maintain and progress as if it were using the current tax rate system (in America). That doesn't seem fair to me. Or, say you put the tax rate at a really low rate so that the lower class aren't hurt by it. Well, you no longer have money to operate the government because the taxes are so low. Yes, the government can get money out of trade but that doesn't pay for all the subsidies, government employee pay checks, maintenance, etc, etc. And getting more money out of trade could possibly mean putting up tariffs which always piss off other countries.

Now, do other countries(such as European countries) have a national flat tax rate? A meat packer pays the same amount of money in income tax as a lawyer does? How would a national flat tax rate work?

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[This message has been edited by Kieran Horn (edited June 23, 2004).]

I would much rather see income tax done away with altogether, and instead have a larger sales tax.

With all the s*** people buy, the govt would probably get as much as they do now if not more. Everyone has to eat, so taxing food would be in itself a way to get steady money.

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[This message has been edited by Pagewizard_YKS (edited June 23, 2004).]

So basically you want to tax the fat and people with burn holes in their pocket.

btw, as it is, sales tax is purely state. Federal government doesn't get any of it.

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[This message has been edited by Kieran Horn (edited June 23, 2004).]

Oregon doesn't have a sales tax, which makes going to other states mildly annoying when I try to buy something. We just have higher property taxes and state income taxes.

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I used to live in Oregon, no taxes was nice.

Now I live in Arizona...

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I live in Arizona, and I don't pay taxes.

But my parents do.

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