"First, there is no way the super-rich are going to admit they owe taxes or pay any more than they absolutely have to. "
I think we can agree on that. Makes it amusing to watch politicians talk about raising the taxes on the wealthy since they will end up avoiding the new taxes by various means. "If Soros actually paid 200 million, so would the Koch Brothers, and they would cancel each other out." Nah. They would either cooperate with each other or target specific elections. "You'd have the taxpaying wars of the uber rich, outspending each other to try and retain their power. Billions into the tax coffers. How could that be a bad thing?" Because it would go right back to the people who paid the billions via subsidies, contracts, and other BS. If you are interested in different democratic voting systems, you should check out the Hare system. I am not advocating it, but it is interesting to read about. "Of course, if you eliminated SuperPacs and lobbyists and returned the power to those who actually work and pay taxes, have true taxation with representation instead of representation without taxation, my suggestion would not be necessary." We can only dream. Anyway, the only true fair tax would be a national sales tax. No loop holes to jump through and everyone pays. Also, a built in mechanism to punish bad government. Reduced spending by angry constituents. J - Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program - Milton Friedman ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:351845 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
