the thing is that it costs x amount of dollars to live and if you tax that then it cost x+y. Which is ok if the amount you make is quite a bit more than that total but not so if you are already doing without things because you do not earn x.
On the other hand a tax on consumption might slow down some of the mindless consumerism in our society. Part of the problem is that everyone thinks they have to have certain toys or they are not a success. I printed the FAQ from the site, need to do some actual work right now. Dana On 1/10/06, Scott Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where would there be room for fraud if the tax is taken "at the register". > > Scott A. Stewart > ColdFusion Developer > > GNSI > 11820 Parklawn Dr > Rockville, MD 20852 > (301) 770-9610 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 5:32 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: FairTax (was Re: Next in line to be labelled) > > > Dana wrote: > > A sales tax > > is generally considered regressive but I do like the idea of taxing > > consumption not income or savings. Also an improvement over the flat > > tax. Seems worth a look. > > > > I'm for it too although I think there'd be too much room for fraud, > etc so I like the flat tax. > > Basically a "flat tax" is really the system we have today except you > totally throw out the rules and rebuild it with the idea being to > KISS. > > The think the IRS is, like, bigger than France. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:191520 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
