[kevkrom]

But even with that, the cost of the raw materials of the house raise the prices because of the taxes (and assocaited) effects. In this case, you may not see the same level of price equity because of the current fraud in the system that actually works out benefiting the consumer.

And thanks for the example that the cost of taxes does indeed affect the price of the finished product -- there are some who frequent these threads who delude themselves into thinking that sales price and tax costs to the producer have no relationship.

[hopespringseternal]

there are some who frequent these threads who delude themselves into thinking that sales price and tax costs to the producer have no relationship.

Yeah, but I don't see how it will work to the advantage of NRST. The tax is being paid whether it is coming out of income or consumption, and to be revenue neutral it has to be the same amount. You can't recoup those income taxes by cutting pay, because the guy whose pay you would be cutting still has to pay taxes.