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To: reaganaut1
To Reduce Inequality, Tax Wealth, Not Income

No. Tax consumption, not wealth or income.

13 posted on 11/19/2012 6:21:29 AM PST by DesertSapper (Becoming more libertarian by the day)
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To: DesertSapper

Yep. Consumption tax, and a consumption tax alone, would be the real only fair tax.

Income taxes punish hard work and tax the measure of your contribution to the economy (your salary).

Wealth taxes and investment taxes punish another input to the economy, because without investment, we have no economy.

Consumption tax taxes/punishes how much you take OUT of the economy.


17 posted on 11/19/2012 6:26:23 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: DesertSapper

Actually this wouldn’t be a bad idea if coupled with a National Retail Sales Tax. Taxing wealth and consumption would be far more pro-growth than taxing capital gains and wages.


62 posted on 11/19/2012 10:08:56 AM PST by Maximum Leader (run from a knife, close on a gun)
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