Also, I think it would be more fair to not tax food. I know a few states do not charge sales tax on food.
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Scott wrote: > > > > I like that idea too. This way we can collect taxes from criminals who > > don;t pay them now. > > > > I'm not saying I'm against that, but the counter argument is that you > proportionately tax the poor more than the rich which destroys the > equality of opportunity as measured by wealth. > > In other words, if a rich dude pays makes $100/hr pays $1 for his > lunch tax that's not too much. But if a poor guy makes $10/hr and > pays $1 for his lunch tax he pays a way higher percentage of his > income. > > Which encourages him to become a criminal so the theory goes > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290540 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
