The best way to make certain the government doesn’t increase taxes, is to make certain everyone has to pay the same percentage. It is easy for Congress to play politics, grow government, and conduct social engineering when they can pit one group of Americans against another. It is more difficult when tax increases hurt everyone. We need to get rid of this corrupt system.
Our family would save some $22,000 a year in taxes. Add to that the SAVINGS and lower prices for goods. It would truly feel like 1999 again.
We just might be able to buy that new dining set we’ve been dreaming of. Take our first vacation in some eight years ...buy a new car. Might also be able to finally pay off our credit card debt and put something into savings for the first time in TEN years. Give to charity also. We gave that up a long time ago as well.
Nah — oh well. Best to keep to the old system.
I mean, come on — the “Po” need their free diapers.
And the best way to make sure everyone pays the same percentage is to go to a flat tax rate for everyone. let's just say 8%. So if you make just $100, you pay $8. If you make 10 mil you pay 800k.
Given such a system, how many IRS agents would we need then. Obviously very few. Don't believe the fair tax nonsense that says it will eliminate the IRS, it won't. It can't. The feds would still need many many IRS agents to make sure that huge sales tax is being paid on everything. Nothing would create more incentive and opportunity to cheat on taxes than a huge sales tax on consumption. You would have goods going out the back door and ending up on eBay all over the place.
I have read some of the fair tax plan and I'm hear to tell ya it's a bunch of bunk clearly conceived by someone that does not have a clue how the real world works when it comes to taxes. Supporting this nonsense is a mistake.