[Rhodes22-list] Flat Tax Anyone?

[Bud]

Rummy,
  what about getting rid of the income tax and go with a national sales 
tax?  That way all the tourists
can have the opportunity to participate in paying for our big 
government.  Right now everyone in a
particular state/county pays the same amount of (state) sales tax ... 
and no one seems to complain
about it being unfair to the family of 5 vs. the retired couple.

-Bud

R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:

>Slim,
>I've listened to all the arguments for and against the flat tax for about  
>five years now. Bottom line is that it affects the people that can least afford  
>to pay it the most. Hence, those can can pay, like you and me, do. Business  
>owners pay income tax, but most corporations, both large and small, foot most 
>of  the bill. Those costs of course are passed on to the consumer. There is no 
>easy  solution to taxation. No one wants to pay more than their fair share, 
>but is it  fair for a family with five kids to pay as much as a retired couple 
>with the  same income?
>It's the same thing with real estate taxes. Most of it is used to support  
>the public schools, but I don't have any children in school, but I still have to 
> foot the bill. We spread the burden equally because in theory we all benefit 
> from the tax money spent.
> 
>Rummy
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