excluding food would make it somewhat less regressive. I don't want to say what a good idea, though, when the devil is in that sort of detail. Depending on what exactly is being taxed, though, and how, it might be fairer than what we have now. Although that is a very low bar ;)
What's to keep the uber-rich, for example, from buying their consumer goods in the Bahamas or someplace with no sales tax? I realize that some of the more obvious possibilities already have a VAT so I am just playing devil's advocate here -- a lot depends on the specifics, is the point I am trying to make. On 6/9/12, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Every single proposal for a national sales tax excludes food. Gas and > cigarettes already heavily taxed. > > Addicts will likely buy cigarettes regardless of how mad they are at > the government. > > However, everyone will pay the sales tax, including all of those in > the black market economy who currently reap the benefits without > paying at all, and the uber rich who will no longer be able to benefit > from hiding their income. > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 10:28 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Disagree with you both on that one. Demand for some products is >> inelastic. You can be as angry as angry gets and you will still need >> to buy food, for example. Gas is a necessity in most rural areas as >> well as in some urban ones, for another. Addicts will still buy >> cigarettes no matter what, for a third. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:351851 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
