Posted on 09/11/2013 1:42:01 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll
No, it’s not fair. Imho, we should all pay the same amount in taxes, and that includes every adult citizen.
” Imho, we should all pay the same amount in taxes, and that includes every adult citizen. “
So, a “head tax”? Everyone pays the same exact amount? Including the blind? And the disabled? Pregnant women?
When you awake try reading Bastiat: http://mises.org/page/1434
He's a great read and the battle between the seen (the tax cut in this case) and the unseen (the damage the tax cut does) occurs all the time. Crony capitalism is destructive.
Yes.
And where has that system been used in the modern world? And how much would that come to for you monthly?
Sophomoric hypotheticals are fun in colege, in the real world your ideas have zero traction, except among the young, foolish and doper crowd.
Sophomoric hypotheticals are fun in college, in the real world your ideas have zero traction, except among the young, foolish and doper crowd.
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Are you suggesting that it's not progressive enough? I'll give you that. It's not progressive at all. It is fair, however.
You’re double posting, don’t know what you’re talking about, and sound crabby. Go to bed.
And you sound like an arrogant Libertine. Sorry, but you do. Is it the dope?
“Are you suggesting that it’s not progressive enough?”
Nope.
I am simply asking, where has that system been used in the modern world? And how much would that come to for you monthly?
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Nothing would come to me monthly.
What would you (and all of us) pay in taxes monthly? Or every year or....?
I am simply asking, where has that system been used in the modern world?
What would you do?
We would pay nothing compared to what we pay today if we were to dismantle the IRS, the public school system, welfare, the TSA, and every other government assistance program.How do you propose we do that? And where is the tax system you prefer to ours in the real world?
I call those tax "breaks", not tax cuts, so we're talking past each other. That's just crony capitalism and I agree that it must be fought.
On the other hand, an across-the-board tax "cut" to an existing tax that applies generally is always a good thing.
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