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Re: Rights to free goods? (was Re: What happened?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 3 Jul 1999 08:56:30 GMT
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cjc@newsguy.=avoidspam=com
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Richard Dee <richard.dee@virgin.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 00:44:51 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following
> profundities...
> > - fixed percentage sales tax that applies to all goods and services. No
> > exemptions.
> >
> >
> You would tax food? It is something essential to life itself.
> Though one could argue taxation on certain items of food (1),
> to tax *all* food items, IMO, is criminal and insane.
I disagree.
We've seen various proposals here that say you wouldn't tax
"unprepared" food but you would tax prepared food. So you wouldn't
tax the mass-produced ham you buy in little packets, but if you decide
you'd like fresher meat from the deli and want it sliced thin for your
kids you get to pay tax on that. How ridiculous.
I'd say tax food, sure. But either way, it has to be an all or
nothing thing, and all or nothing things never work because the
politicians who pander to the idiots who believe "the rich" don't
deserve more than they have will always come up with exemptions or
exclusions that make no sense but make good soundbites.
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