Gray Ghost wrote in
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RD Sandman wrote in
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" wrote in
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@r33g2000prh.googlegroups.com:

On May 24, 10:45*am, gfn wrote:
On May 24, 12:07*pm, John Smith wrote:









On 5/24/2011 9:02 AM, gfn wrote:

On May 24, 11:24 am, John *wrote:
On 5/24/2011 8:20 AM, gfn wrote:

* *...

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

Truth is, sure looks like the wealthiest 1% are not paying 42%
of al
l of
governments costs, and sure looks like the top 19% are not
paying ha
lf
of governments costs, until that happens they are NOT paying
their f
air
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
i
s
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 ...

Impossible to implement.


It *might* be possible to implement - in a totalitarian state. The
government would have to always know what your worth (in terms of
wealth) is at all times, and exactly what you purchase throughout the
year, and when.

Yikes.

I suspect that such a system would encourage a black market or two.

And a MASSIVE tracking system on the income status of over 300 million
people. Think BIG BROTHER in real time.




Isn't that what we are trying to get away from? I don't much like the
government reviewing my personal financial information. Privacy and all
that.


Then a sales tax that proportions its charges on income is not the
answer.

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

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