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Article #462Re: National Sales Tax - An Alternative?
From: LQuest
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 00:00
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edwardk@aimnet.com (Edward N. Kurmudgeon) wrote: >Travis Corcoran (tjic@alta.openmarket.com) wrote: >: Come to think of it, what would be fair would be a true FLAT tax (not >: a flat percentage, but a flat fee): Bill Gates pays $4k a year to the >: government, I pay $4k a year to the government, and you pay $4k a year >: to the government (or somthing alone those lines). Now *THAT* sounds >: fair. We all get the same number of votes, we all have the same >: freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights, we all get judged by the >: same judicial system....we should all pay the same taxes. >Well, I am not sure, Travis. If the Russian came, Bill Gates would lose >2 billion dollars of income a year, and I some what less (about 2 billion >dollars less). So, don't you think he should pay more since he has a >larger stake in this Russian thing? Edward, who are you to say that my freedom from Russian invasion is worth less than 2 billion $/ year to each an every individual, rich, poor or in between? This is not merely a rhetorical question -- I REALLY want to know! Mike liberty@airmail.net
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 104eff,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104eff,public X-Google-Thread: 10dda6,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10dda6,public X-Google-Thread: 105dfd,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid105dfd,public X-Google-Thread: 10d662,fe496bb546a1da4c X-Google-Attributes: gid10d662,public X-Google-Thread: fa7f5,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa7f5,public X-Google-Thread: ffe14,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gidffe14,public X-Google-Thread: 105ecf,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid105ecf,public X-Google-Thread: 104158,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104158,public From: liberty@airmail.net (LQuest) Subject: Re: National Sales Tax - An Alternative? Date: 1995/12/12 Message-ID: <4akb2i$e1v@news-f.iadfw.net> X-Deja-AN: 121558500 references: <490s4o$eku@nexus.coast.net> <499sg8$elm@villa.fc.net> <TJIC.95Dec11132045@alta.openmarket.com> <4ai9qk$csn@aimnet.aimnet.com> organization: Internet America newsgroups: mi.misc,alt.politics.usa.misc,alt.activism,talk.politics.misc,ca.politics,dc.politics,ne.politics,nj.politics,pa.politics,triangle.politics,misc.taxes,ny.politics