STEPHEN MOORE: The president needs new tax-cutters

The Financial Times ^ | December 9, 2002 | Stephen Moore

[MJY1288]

Thanks for the Ping Ivan, A good article indeed!

[Miss Marple]

Thanks for the ping, Ivan. Once again, I think the Rats are overstepping. They are certain that the rise in unemployment and the removal of O'Neill and Lindsey give them an opening to attack. They are going to carry on and complain and criticize for the next few weeks.

Then we have the State of the Union speech, and I believe we will once again see President Bush play them like a fiddle.

[MadIvan]

"Strategery" has a very good record - it would not surprise me to see it continue in this vein. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[Free the USA]

http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list

[jjm2111]

Sure, that will happen.

[MadIvan]

Sure, that will happen.

There were a few threads that suggested that President Bush was looking at replacing income tax with a National Sales Tax, so perhaps it's not quite so farfetched.

The IRS is the model for every grubby tax collecting agency in the world - if they were to go by the wayside, other nations might follow, including Britain.

Regards, Ivan

[jjm2111]

"There were a few threads that suggested that President Bush was looking at replacing income tax with a National Sales Tax,..."

Don't get me wrong, I would love it to happen. I just think many Republicans in office benefit from our Byzantine tax code.

I would love to see it happen though.

FRegards,

J.

[ApesForEvolution]

I read your post a second time, closed my eyes and got warm and fuzzies! I wonder where Snow is on all this?? I mean, really.

[ApesForEvolution]

If you're going to weigh in about child porn, you really need to articulate your position, which, BTW, I believe infers that you believe child porn should be legalised. Quite frankly, I would assume you are a Libertarian by how you defend your positions, but the official Libertarian position is not to legalize child porn, which I agree with. Now, if your agenda is to hide behind the Libertarian model of individual rights in order to protect personal fetishes, you will never state as such. So, giving you way more benefit of the doubt on the subject than anyone probably deserves (you injected your position into public dominion), whenever this comes up, give your *qualified* answer, i.e., 'Yes, child porn should be legalised because ...or no, it should not be legalised because...'. Anything else offends sensibilities and you will ultimately be posting back and forth to marktwain and no one else.

Posts like this You can use your fascistic tactics all you want. Reagan was a socialist and I still think that making the posession of "child porn" illegal is actually harming more children then it is saving. truly are too vague and quite frankly infer an opinion which is offensive to a civilized society (which you are entitled to). However, you then must understand that such a mindset undermines every other debate you enter. It's the can of worms you, yourself, opened.

[ApesForEvolution]

Yes, the world will be a better place. Until the powers that be back a World Retail Sales Tax. And a world enforcement agency to ensure collection. The IRS must go and then we can fight the next battle, however.

[Happygal]

Very well stated. :-)

[MadIvan]

I read your post a second time, closed my eyes and got warm and fuzzies! I wonder where Snow is on all this?? I mean, really.

Bush should really do this now; while he has the Democrats in disarray, he can push this through much more easily.

God, I am having visions of a world with no more income tax. It would be wonderful. No more forms, no more nasty surprises on the paycheque...sigh.

Good post to Demidog, by the way - he's obviously out of his mind.

Regards, Ivan

[ApesForEvolution]

Yes. It would probably boost the world's economy faster and more substantively than any other thing he could do. We all know that government needs to first freeze and then reduce spending, but no matter what, they will extract from the economy what they will. It's the intrusion through IRS anal-exams and de facto enslavement that will not be tolerated anymore. We are not remotely a free people while being subjects to the tyrranical taxation schemes and enforcement of the IRS and it ilk.

[ApesForEvolution]

I thank you for your compliment. I call'em as I see'em, for better or worse...

[EternalVigilance]

Bush should really do this now; while he has the Democrats in disarray, he can push this through much more easily.

I totally agree...but I will freely admit that I will be very pleasantly shocked if they show such foresight and courage.

God, I am having visions of a world with no more income tax. It would be wonderful. No more forms, no more nasty surprises on the paycheque...sigh.

I've had that vision for over a decade, and I came to the conclusion long ago that it is the one thing we must accomplish on the economic and freedom side if we are going to leave a free and prosperous future to our posterity.

Good post to Demidog, by the way - he's obviously out of his mind.

I've had my own battles with Dd over the last 48 hours...he has the idea that it was our fault and Kuwait's fault that Saddam invaded a decade ago...sheesh.

[jla]

Ma'am, Would you know if Arthur Laffer has any influence/input at all amongst the President's econ. advisors?

[Miss Marple]

I have absolutely no idea. Sorry.