Posted on Dec 7, 2017
Could a National Sales Tax Replace Income Taxes in the U.S.?
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Saw some new traffic on this old concept.
Saw some new traffic on this old concept.
Could a National Sales Tax Replace Income Taxes in the U.S.?
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Income taxes are a dumb way to finance a government. Penalizing investing and working is counterproductive and yet, that is precisely what we're doing.
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SSgt Christopher Brose
I'm OK with the concept of an income tax, I just don't want it to be used as a tool for social engineering. What you do with your money should be entirely your business, and the government shouldn't be rewarding you or penalizing you for anything.
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CPT Jack Durish
SSgt Christopher Brose - No, the government shouldn't be "social engineering" with taxes or anything else. However, I still maintain that penalizing work and investing is a dumb way to finance a government.
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SSgt Christopher Brose
CPT Jack Durish - It certainly is dumb to penalize work at the same time non-work is being rewarded.
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Cpl Vic Burk
SSgt Christopher Brose - That's the truth there. Rewarding people for not working is the dumbest idea there is.
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"To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical." Thomas Jefferson
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