[Hugin]

Adding a sales tax without repealing the income tax at the same time means you will never get rid of either one.

[Wolfie]

Adding a sales tax without repealing the income tax at the same time means you will never get rid of either one.

Indeed. Any new Federal tax must be tied to RATIFICATION of the repeal of the 16th amendment. Not "later", or "we'll try", but the new tax does not go into effect until AFTER the old one dies.

[kidd]

It’s good that you are considering potential abuses with any new tax.

But you’re ignoring where we are on income taxes. We’re almost to the point that more than half of the population will pay NO income tax.

When we get to the point that more than half of the voters pay no income tax, then they will vote for anyone who wants more spending.

Cain does need to advertise his short term spending plans better, but getting more people to participate in the pains of paying taxes (thru a flat tax or a sales tax) is the best way to reduce spending in the long term.

[ml/nj]

And adding a sales tax, at least for a while, taxes double the moneys earned and taxed at old income tax rates.

ML/NJ

[wita]

B I N G O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One of the keystones of taxing in general!

Never add without subtracting somewhere else.

And, as the article states, all 999 does is confuse the issue
which is... CUT SPENDING.

[DaxtonBrown]

[Adding a sales tax without repealing the income tax at the same time means you will never get rid of either one.]

And the only real way to do that is by Contitutional ammendment. Ain’t gonna happen

[RPTMS]

"a 9 percent personal-income tax, a 9 percent corporate-income tax, and a 9 percent federal sales tax, to replace all current federal taxes"

[Matchett-PI]

You got it! Rush has been making that point ever since he’s been on the air.