John Smith wrote in
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On 5/24/2011 12:05 PM, RD Sandman wrote:
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On 5/24/2011 11:36 AM, RD Sandman wrote:
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On 5/24/2011 10:24 AM, RD Sandman wrote:
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On 5/24/2011 9:02 AM, gfn wrote:
On May 24, 11:24 am, John
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On 5/24/2011 8:20 AM, gfn wrote:

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Where are some credible souces to back up any of that innuendo
you
keep attempting to push?

Truth is, sure looks like the wealthiest 1% are not paying 42%
of all of governments costs, and sure looks like the top 19%
are not paying half of governments costs, until that happens
they are NOT paying their fair share ... a flat tax can fix
that ...

Regards,
JS
I already said the tax data is at irs.gov

Now, as for a flat tax I agree with you 100%. The one I
advocate
is
the FairTax.
Let me put this more bluntly. If I buy and item and pay 7%
sales
tax,
the top one percent should buy an item and pay a 42.7% sales
tax,
that
way they will be contributing their fair share to run government
...
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesam...er/wealth.html
And how do you know that at the time of purchase?
You set up a system which handles it ... where they pay their fair
share
of the cost of government.
IOW, when buying a pack of gum at a Stop-N-Rob, you have to go
through
a
check on your income so they know how much tax to charge?

C'mon, even you can't be that stupid.


The flat tax, the flat tax, I thought you would be able to catch on
... I was wrong.
A flat tax is on income. It replaces the current method of
calculating income tax by applying the same tax rate to all income
not just wages and salaries. I gave an example of it here in this
thread. Did you take the time to read it? It is really quite simply
and quite short so you should have no problem understanding it.

What you proposed above is a sales tax and it sure as hell isn't
flat. A flat sales tax would be the same percentage on whatever was
purchased and no matter who purchased it.

You need to learn a bit more before you venture out into the real
world.

Everyone paying their fair share, this is how the discussion began,
or, basically, everyone being equally taxed.

Of course, even with a flat tax certain safeguards would have to be in
place from preventing criminals from crimes which would allow them to
ignore the taxes.

See Al Capone.

For example, a case where they made their dollars
here and bought only foreign goods in mexico or canada ... it is a
given, as soon as any fix, situation, solution, etc. is enacted, the
criminals will come crawling out from under their rocks attempting to
avoid it ... some of these safeguards to prevent this will have to be
worked out as we catch the criminals ...

Unfortunately, every discussion must begin on the premise that
everyone is capable of realizing "common sense."

At the bottom of the fair tax or fair tax is the real intent and sole
purpose that all contribute equally and in direct relationship to how
much they profit from business here.

Just how is your fair tax different from your scenarios above. After
all, you said folks would by only foreign goods from outside the US which
avoids your fair tax.

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Sleep well tonight....RD (The Sandman)

If you woke up this morning....
Don't complain.