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Re: Discussion (Was: Blue Hopper Car Mania...)
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Thu, 11 Nov 1999 16:32:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> Christopher Lannan wrote:
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> > Not only the huge costs of dispensing the money in these programs, but I • have
> > heard that 50% of the money that the IRS collects is spent collecting it. • That
> > seems like a terrible waste to me. Flat sales taxes anyone?
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> > Chris
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> Sales tax, at least for the state (Michigan) is flat. How about a flat income
> tax, or a consumption tax even? Anything is better than the awful monstrosity • of
> the Federal tax system.
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> Scott S.
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> "I have worked harder than I ever have in my entire life, and I can't find • you a
> tax cut." - Bill Clinton, 1993
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> Sure Bill, but you can spend billions on new "social programs", right? >:(
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I guess that's what I mean- there would be no taxes except for about a 20%
sale tax on most things (I know there's going to be folks saying what about
this and that, milk, diapers, should folks on the dole pay? etc) I'm just
saying in general, there would be a significantly higher tax on sales and no
other taxes. That way the money is collected much cheaper, and not as much
gets by- IE drug money gets taxed when spent, people who are paid "under the
table" get taxed when they spend it. It just seems like a huge waste that the
IRS collects something like 12-15 billion dollars a year and spends half of it
just collecting it.
Chris
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| (...) Sales tax, at least for the state (Michigan) is flat. How about a flat income tax, or a consumption tax even? Anything is better than the awful monstrosity of the Federal tax system. Scott S. "I have worked harder than I ever have in my entire (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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