“Maybe you would prefer higher property taxes, or a larger income tax which the liberals can make “progressive” so that rich people pay a lot more than the rest of us.
Or maybe you think government shouldn’t exist at all, and doesn’t need any money.”
Wow, Chuck! What the hell are you doing here?
If you had any ability to read between the lines, you’d see that my point revolves around government ALWAYS looking to increase taxes, NEVER looking to reduce them.
I thought it rather novel to purpose an across-the-board elimination of an onerous tax (9% in California), making those of us with brick and mortar stores in a much inferior position to those who have internet only operations.
I guess I should’ve added a “/sarc” after the post, but I thought most Freepers bright enough to get the thrust of the message.
BTW, “rich” people ALREADY pay MORE than their “fair share”, subsidizing almost half of the country with ZERO federal tax liability.
Frankly, I’d LOVE to see the federal government live within the constraints of our Constitution, and within a balanced budget (as the rest of us “little people” do).
Do you think government should have a blank check, with the people on the hook for their excesses? Your post certainly seems to indicate that.
And about the only taxes that DON'T feed into that overtaxing of the rich are sales taxes, which apply equally to everybody based on what they spend. Yes, rich people spend more, so they would pay more, but they control how much they spend, and the tax for a rich person to buy a rocking chair is the same as the tax for a poor person.
So I do not support getting rid of the sales tax, I'd rather get rid of the property tax. Income tax has the advantage of taxing you for money you clearly have, since you just made it. Sales tax gets you for money you clearly had, since you just spent it.
Property tax gets you for what you had a long time ago, and gets you again and again, even if you have no money anymore. Taxing people for what they own to me seems very wrong.
Now, property taxes cover things like the cost of government to support a property. I would prefer that be handled by a residence tax. The road I drive on costs the same for government whether I drove from a townhouse or a mansion. The sewer, water, fire and rescue, even the school costs, are all based on me living here, and do not cost more because my house is worth more.
Anyway, most states have a variety of taxes, so that they can get a steady revenue stream in all types of economies. Kind of like "diversity of investments".