Holly - The "Flat Tax" is a very bad idea. It is actually the least "progressive" of all the tax schemes under consideration. The net impact is to make the working poor even more dependent on the imperial federal government. A far wiser approach is to implement the "Fair Tax" which essentially eliminates all taxes on those below the poverty level through the prebate concept. It makes the entire tax system more transparent in that it makes it clear that it is "we the people" that pay all taxes. It eliminates the cap[acity of the imperial federal government ot pit American against American. It would reduce the power and influence of all but the socially motivated PACs and get them all focused on policy rather than financial gain. Most of all, it would significantly reduce the financial advantages available to politicians and should result in far less overall corruption.
On Jul 20, 9:57 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark, > > Agreed, a flat tax would be the ticket. I have doubts it would have to > be as high as even 10%. > > On Jul 20, 10:40 am, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am not in agreement with that link... just the opposite. The present > > system of taxation is inherently unfair. I favor a VAT or a flat Tax or at > > the very least a flat rate tax. 10 - 15 % would pay all the bills if every > > entity were taxed. > > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Hollywood > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > TAO, > > > > I don't think anyone here seriously doubts the need for tax reform. > > > But linking your voting rights to how much you pay in taxes????? > > > > On Jul 20, 9:59 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Wasn't the base (real) reason for Mr. Lincolns war the amount of > > > > unfair taxation placed on a particular segment of society ?? (For > > > > those that are lacking in history the "southern" ports were taxed at a > > > > rate MUCH higher than the "northern" ports) > > > > > On Jul 20, 8:15 am, Hollywood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On another forum a certain conservative poster who goes by the nic of > > > > > The Supreme Turtle pretty much openly posed that question. I quote his > > > > > words" "if you pay 100k in taxes you should have ten times the votes > > > > > of someone who pays 10K" End quote. > > > > > > Well , I made my feelings about such a statement pretty clear but am > > > > > most curious about what posters here think of that. Fire away folks, > > > > > what do you think? > > > > > Should the U.S. be ruled by the rich?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > Mark M. Kahle, ,www.filacoffee.com-Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
