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Article #493Re: National Sales Tax - An Alternative?
From: Richard Bachert
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 00:00
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In <4a7i80$lqn@spectator.cris.com> Steven DeVillier <cyclist@pop3.cris.com> writes: > >tmcintyr@news.pgh.net (Terry McIntyre) wrote: > >> Heck no! You are seeing exactly only a small part of the bite. >>For example, your employer matches your FICA contributions - which fact >>is not noted on your paycheck. Nor is the amount which your employer pays >>in taxes noted, nor the amount paid by the shareholders. > >>>>Common fallicy: That "matching" "contribution" by the employer comes straight out of the compensation he could pay you IF he were not required to withhold by the SS act. When a prospective employer sits down to calculate the cost to his business of hiring another person. Unless he's running a charity, his "contribution" to SS had better find its way into that bottom line. He's just retaining what he could otherwise send home with you and sending it to the feds to out into your SS "trust fund" account. (And, sorry guys, but that "trust fund" ain't -- it's been papered over with government IOUs.) > >Maybe I miss something will the Nat. sales tax also take care of Social >security? > >>>SS is a separate -- but vital -- conversation we'd better have very soon! >Steve D >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 105dfd,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid105dfd,public X-Google-Thread: 10dda6,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10dda6,public X-Google-Thread: 104eff,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104eff,public X-Google-Thread: fa7f5,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa7f5,public X-Google-Thread: 10d662,fe496bb546a1da4c X-Google-Attributes: gid10d662,public X-Google-Thread: 105ecf,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid105ecf,public X-Google-Thread: ffe14,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gidffe14,public X-Google-Thread: 104158,8c62cfd13b101be6 X-Google-Attributes: gid104158,public From: bachert@ix.netcom.com(Richard Bachert) Subject: Re: National Sales Tax - An Alternative? Date: 1995/12/08 Message-ID: <4a9gg5$r8b@cloner2.ix.netcom.com> X-Deja-AN: 121249096 references: <490s4o$eku@nexus.coast.net> <499sg8$elm@villa.fc.net> <DMEYERS.95Nov30130038@panix.panix.com> <49n3ul$1urh@msunews.cl.msu.edu> <49n6pq$1tv@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> <49r10b$g41@aimnet.aimnet.com> <4a0e7l$4n7@cc.iu.net> <4a4o8m$3hf@aimnet.aimnet.com> <4a79ml$md2@dropit.pgh.net> <4a7i80$lqn@spectator.cris.com> organization: Netcom 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