What a total mis-representation of the facts! The GOP Platform calls for doing away with the Federal Income Tax, and replacing it with either a National Sales Tax, or a Value Added Tax. Far different than what Mr. Rozeff represents here in this article.
On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 3:21 PM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > *How To Make Things Worse: Value-Added Tax > *Posted by Michael S. Rozeff <[email protected]> on September 1, 2012 > 09:07 AM > > I'd like to see the federal government be dismantled, if only because it > keeps getting worse and in the limit makes everyone's lives miserable. How > many people are already miserable? How many already are more miserable > because air travel is such a pain? > > The Republican platform has a plank calling for a value-added > tax<http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424053111903904904577615361581700788.html?mod=googlenews_barrons>. > This they won't do, we are told by the reporter. I won't forecast, but I > will say that by placing this in the platform, it makes it more likely that > Obama and his gang will do it. Remember, the Feds have to mend the deficits > if they want to maintain spending, and higher taxes are a way to do that, > and Obama in 2010 said that the value-added tax was an option, and in 2011 > he appointed an adviser (Krueger) > <http://www.newsmax.com/GroverNorquist/Obama-Adviser-Krueger-Value-AddedTax/2011/08/30/id/409183>who > thinks the value-added tax is a cool idea. > > It's a bad idea as any tax is that finances unjust laws unjustly forced on > people, which is virtually a definition of the government we face. Being > taxed on consumption means being taxed on use of one's income, and so the > tax falls on labor and income-production, which includes those who generate > profits and use capital to do so. The tax thieves will have N different > lies (arguments) about why the value-added tax is a good idea, but the tax > is only there to support larger government spending and that only chokes > the life out of economic activity. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
