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ftg@cc.gatech.edu (Gary Peterson) writes:
> avram.r.vener <rudy@cbnews.cb.att.com> wrote:
>> What is H.R. 3039?  It is a bill indtroduced by Representative
>> Dan Schaefer to replace the Income Tax with a fifteen percent
>> national sales tax.  

> Ah, the "Let's give the rich even MORE money,
> screw the poor and middle class" tax.

Let's give the rich more money.  Mostly, this won't affect the poor.
(since they are not rich)  Some poor people will get jobs.  Good.

> How greedy are rich folk? Even a "flat" tax doesn't satisfy them.
> They want more money, more money.

Jealous?  Very much so I would say.  When someone is rich it doesn't
hurt you one tiny bit.  It helps you if they can provide a job.
(either they hire you for their business or buy a yacht from you)

> Just remember to confuse people:

> Somehow magically link flat tax with tax simplification even
> though one doesn't have anything do to with another.

The national sales tax is as simple as a tax can be.  Consumers
don't do _anything_.  There are no forms at all.  How can an
exponential income tax be simpler than that?  Tell us.

> And sales tax somehow means not IRS. The govt will always have
> tax collectors, renaming them seems like a waste of time to me.

There are far fewer businesses than consumers.  Since the national
sales tax doen't require a form from every consumer, there will be
much less paper wasted and much less money wasted collecting taxes.