Cal, how in the world is a sales tax a tax cut for the rich? How much does someone making $20k a year versus someone that makes a million dollars consume? Most likely a national sales tax would be a tax INCREASE on the rich due to the fact that deductions would disappear and they consume a lot more.
As for turning merchants into tax collectors I don't care for that either but just about every state has a sales tax and it's a pretty rare occurence for a merchant to get hauled off to jail for not remitting their taxes. I know in PA doing the quarterly returns for merchantile taxes is a pain in the ass. Mom and pop businesses really don't need another thing they have to keep track of. A flat tax would suit me just fine as our current system is insane. I have a real horror story about the irs that after 6 years still isn't completely settled. They are as screwed up as a beauracracy can possibly get.
Last edited by ulfie at Nov 13 2002, 04:53 PM
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