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Exclusive: Treasury May Discuss National Sales Tax
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| 11-20-07
| Steve Liesman
Posted on 11/20/2007 10:39:21 AM PST by Hydroshock
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:40:25 AM PST
by
Hydroshock
("The Constitution should be taken like mountain whiskey -- undiluted and untaxed." - Sam Ervin)
To: Hydroshock
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:41:37 AM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: Hydroshock
I want off the discussion of a sales tax for the rest of my lifetime.
Flat tax fine.
National Sales Tax is a scam through and through. It will never end and just makes it easier for government to increase taxes further.
Want another 100 billion. Just increase one tax. Done.
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:41:58 AM PST
by
romanesq
To: Hydroshock
Heaven help us if the Dims implement a National Sales tax while leaving the income tax in place. “BOHICA”
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:42:15 AM PST
by
NavVet
(O)
To: Hydroshock
This is the best a FINANCIAL network can do? A national sales tax is NOT the same as a VAT tax.
Sheeesssshhhhh..........
To: Hydroshock
Uh, that would be ON TOP OF the income tax we already pay? No doubt. When did they put Gov. O’Malley of Maryland in charge of the Treasury?
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:43:25 AM PST
by
3AngelaD
(They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
To: romanesq
Actually, the experience here in Canada has been that the sales tax is the most difficult to increase because it’s so visible. Corporate and payroll taxes are the easiest to hike because most voters don’t notice, but add a penny to the sales tax and EVERYONE notices.
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:45:43 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
To: 3AngelaD
As much as I’d like to get rid of O’Malley...making him Secretary of the Treasury is not the way to do it!
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:45:48 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Just because you're pro-life and talk about God a lot doesn't mean you're a conservative.)
To: Hydroshock
I am barely surviving now....
National Sales Tax....call me homeless.
To: Hydroshock
Further proof that the whole “Fair Tax” is something dreamed up by the Scientologists (or the guy that wrote “The Wizard of Oz”). National Sales Taxes are ALWAYS levied on top of existing taxes.
A Flat Tax is the way to go. Unlike this “Fair Tax” it actually has a successful track record in over 30 countries so far. Beginning with Hong Kong in the ‘fifties and now spreading over the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:46:44 AM PST
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sinanju
To: Hydroshock
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11/20/2007 10:47:05 AM PST
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skepsel
To: Hydroshock
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:47:47 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(We don't fix the problem, we fix the blame!)
To: Hydroshock
...The U.S. currently has no national sales tax, also known as a value added tax, ... News to me.
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:48:00 AM PST
by
SGCOS
To: Hydroshock
A sales tax, on top of the income tax? No.
Not just no, but hell no!
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:48:28 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
("Don't doubt me" - El Rushbo, alternative tagline: Hunter/Pissant 2008)
To: RockinRight
I am sure Mrs. Clinton has noticed the efficacy of his efforts to separate the citizenry from their hard-earned cash.
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:49:25 AM PST
by
3AngelaD
(They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
To: Squawk 8888
That's the exactly the idea behind the Fair Tax. Its visible unlike the income tax and any attempt to raise a national sales tax would run into widespread resistance.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:49:36 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Hydroshock
They can discuss it until they are blue in the face. Anyone voting for this will end their career in politics.
Idiots.
What is it about ‘Republican and Conservative’ do they not understand?
To: Hydroshock
Put the tax on the high-end sales market. It’s the only growth sector and the higher price would improve purchaser’s conspicuous consumption.
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:50:12 AM PST
by
ex-snook
("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
To: Squawk 8888
“Actually, the experience here in Canada has been that the sales tax is the most difficult to increase because its so visible. Corporate and payroll taxes are the easiest to hike because most voters dont notice, but add a penny to the sales tax and EVERYONE notices.”
That’s my point actually. Taxation won’t end there. It will merely be another tool of taxation among taxes. And I refuse to allow anyone to convince me otherwise because you and our neighbors to the north are the finest example.
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posted on
11/20/2007 10:51:30 AM PST
by
romanesq
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