Tax

[patrick1]

End all taxes and the great majority of user fees, except the income tax. Raise that whatever amount would be required to make up the difference.

I say end all taxes except Sales Tax.  That way the Government isn't forcing all it's taxing policies down your throat, but you choose to pay taxes by purchasing items...I feel that the Government has no right to take people's income.

Except that only the wealthy would get to choose. The poor have to spend almost all of their money in order to survive, so they have no choice at all. The wealthier you are, the more of a choice you have.

I agree wholeheartedly with you.  I just said in another thread that a sales tax inordinately hurts the poor and middle class.  A gallon of milk costs the same amount for Bill Gates and Joe Blow.

[patrick1]

Yeah. But somehow I get the feeling Bill Gates is going to buy more than just milk.

If he lives the exact lifestyle of a lower class person, he can pay that level of taxes. Who cares? But if he's going to buy billion dollar houses, that's gonna be a million dollar tax.

Hello again Phillip.  We have a running argument in a few threads here now.  See my other pots.   On balance, poor and working classes will be punished for buying essentials .  The rich are rewarded when they do not buy the Ferrari. Most poor and middle class families are living paycheck to paycheck.  Their money is already spoken for on items that they need  and will get taxed no matter what.  The rich having vast amount of resources and it doesn't hurt them either way if they cannot get the yacht etc. They are in effect rewarded by not buying the huge house or new yacht.