I wonder how aghast people would be. Most people don't conside how much the sales tax would be before making a purchase. Do people drive to a different city to make purchases because the sales tax is lower? Even on major purchases like cars where even a 1% difference is a substantial sum of money. I don't know anyone who does this.
I'm paying over 30 percent of my income to federal tax. Even if the federal sales tax was 23 percent, as some have proposed, it would still be substantially less than what I am paying now because frankly, I just don't buy that much. Groceries, a wee bit of gas, medicine, musical instruments, and an occasional book or piece of software. So this would be a perfect solution for me. However, people like Paris Hilton who spend their lives shopping or those who earn all their income from illegal enterprises and currently pay no income tax might not like it much. Perhaps Gruss is addicted to the Home Shopping Network, hence his fear of sales tax. On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Justin Scott <leviat...@darktech.org> wrote: > You're ignoring the increase in take-home pay that comes from not > having an income tax. Sure, people would be aghast at higher prices > for a while, but they'd also have more money to spend, so things would > balance out ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339842 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
