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Re: Rights to free goods? (was Re: What happened?
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Sun, 4 Jul 1999 22:02:04 GMT
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On Sat, 3 Jul 1999 08:56:30 GMT, Mike Stanley uttered the following
profundities...
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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Agreed, it must be all or nothing, but I will defend the no
tax on any food position.
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