He is obama in a republican costume - get rid of these left-right "controlled opposition" central banker puppet boy candidates - these people all make me sick. Ron Paul 2012 - America's last chance to get it right!
No, his record of flipflops demonstrates he has no moral backbone and will say anything to win. Another bought and paid for shill in the Whitehouse. Just what we need. Mr "which way is the wind blowing now?"
Because taxes are like vampires, not only because they suck the life out of you but also because some just don't die when they're supposed to. So we don't need any new vampires. Case in point: Ala. still collecting tax for Confederate vets http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/20/national/main20080963.shtml
That, we can agree on. Taxes never die. Add more and we're f*d. The entire point is to cut spending. Not tax more. So MarkoftheBeast, which GOP candidate do you support?
Lots of folks out there have talked about having a national sales tax as an alternative to income tax. Why is this any different?
Yep, I mean like in parts of Europe... Specifically, I mean like in Ireland, where they did, in fact, slash taxes (e.g. corp) after they adopted the pan-EU VAT framework (although not sure there's any causal relationship).
Well, quite clearly, taxes don't have to be everywhere and always like vampires. If your political system and institutions are so screwed up that they can't come up with a taxation framework that's optimal for the population and acceptable to the majority, how is that a problem of the VAT concept itself? Especially, given that it's, quite clearly, perfectly viable in many cases...
Because they never kill taxes, just add more. Give Washington another revenue stream, and they'll spend it, then decide to keep the old one that the new one was supposed to replace!
On paper. Europe isn't exactly a shining example of "optimal" tax policy. Or maybe it is? Better to be the tick, than carry it around on your back?