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thiscrowlives Donating Member (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-08-05 08:03 AM
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54. hi welshterrier
.... thanks .... I admit I glossed over that the first time I read this thread. I agree that some sort of ability to pay or net worth type of scheme would be the most proportionate and fair, overall.
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  -Whats your thoughts on the Fair Tax? NebraskaDem  Aug-07-05 09:36 PM   #0 
  - I think its an awesome fucking idea  Son of California   Aug-07-05 09:36 PM   #1 
  - Regressive. Tax. Sucks.  BlueEyedSon   Aug-07-05 09:50 PM   #5 
  - Just the name "Fair Tax" sends shivers down by back  Ready2Snap   Aug-08-05 02:44 PM   #71 
  - It's that a rightwing plan?  Wabbajack   Aug-07-05 09:43 PM   #2 
  - Clues: Neil Boortz and John Linder (R-GA)  TahitiNut   Aug-07-05 09:49 PM   #4 
  - FIRST, put a "fair" tax on BUYing stock.  TahitiNut   Aug-07-05 09:43 PM   #3 
  - (crickets)  TahitiNut   Aug-08-05 02:20 PM   #67 
  - Call me a pessimist  Stil   Aug-07-05 09:57 PM   #6 
  - If it sounds fair to you....  sendero   Aug-07-05 09:58 PM   #7 
  - Curious...  NebraskaDem   Aug-07-05 09:59 PM   #8 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-07-05 10:03 PM   #10 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-07-05 10:06 PM   #11 
           - Look...  sendero   Aug-07-05 10:09 PM   #14 
              - All I did  NebraskaDem   Aug-07-05 10:14 PM   #19 
  - Sux.  Jim Sagle   Aug-07-05 10:02 PM   #9 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-07-05 10:06 PM   #12 
  - Good god  NebraskaDem   Aug-07-05 10:08 PM   #13 
  - You need to get a thick skin quick  The Jacobin   Aug-07-05 10:12 PM   #18 
     - I'll keep that in mind  NebraskaDem   Aug-07-05 10:15 PM   #20 
        - You just sounded like a lot of the republicans I know  WCGreen   Aug-07-05 11:07 PM   #25 
  - You really need to ammend your post!  bvar22   Aug-08-05 01:10 AM   #44 
     - Same goes for businesses...  Jeff In Milwaukee   Aug-08-05 07:56 AM   #52 
        - Small Business would be hurt.  Medical Speaking   Aug-08-05 02:33 PM   #69 
  - Total Crap  The Jacobin   Aug-07-05 10:09 PM   #15 
  - Gephardt developed a flat tax proposal  Jeff In Milwaukee   Aug-08-05 07:57 AM   #53 
  - "EVERYTHING is included"  GracieM   Aug-08-05 09:16 AM   #61 
  - How does the tax collection agency know you've spent above poverty level?  Telly Savalas   Aug-07-05 10:10 PM   #16 
  - They tax every purchase  dcfirefighter   Aug-07-05 10:19 PM   #22 
     - Sorry DC but the collection would fall to the retailers....  WCGreen   Aug-07-05 11:52 PM   #28 
        - Nope, it replaces the payroll tax  dcfirefighter   Aug-08-05 07:57 PM   #76 
  - Just how is a billionaire paying the same tax as a disabled person fair?  greyhound1966   Aug-07-05 10:12 PM   #17 
  - It is a dupe. We have consumption tax in Canada on top of income tax.  applegrove   Aug-07-05 10:16 PM   #21 
  - On the surface, it might not look so bad.  NaturalHigh   Aug-07-05 10:24 PM   #23 
  - the "Fair Tax" is anything but ...  welshTerrier2   Aug-07-05 10:38 PM   #24 
  - Adn to top it off, those who own things benifit  WCGreen   Aug-07-05 11:56 PM   #29 
     - not sure exactly what you mean ...  welshTerrier2   Aug-08-05 12:07 AM   #31 
        - that is where I split on the wealth thing  WCGreen   Aug-08-05 12:16 AM   #33 
        - allow me to clarify ...  welshTerrier2   Aug-08-05 12:29 AM   #37 
        - I'm tired so maybe I didn't make my point....  WCGreen   Aug-08-05 12:22 AM   #34 
           - preaching to the choir ...  welshTerrier2   Aug-08-05 12:35 AM   #40 
              - Cool. Now I can go to bed....  WCGreen   Aug-08-05 12:36 AM   #41 
                 - nite ...  welshTerrier2   Aug-08-05 12:39 AM   #42 
  - You know I'm starting to think  Wabbajack   Aug-07-05 11:20 PM   #26 
  - At the risk of being attacked  NebraskaDem   Aug-07-05 11:24 PM   #27 
     - I define rich as far above the 100k threshold  nookiemonster   Aug-07-05 11:58 PM   #30 
     - I agree with you that rich in my book begins at or around the 500 level  AuntPatsy   Aug-08-05 12:25 AM   #36 
     - In my opinion, the rich r all those who make over 100K  Amonester   Aug-08-05 12:23 AM   #35 
     - Ooops... I forgot...  Amonester   Aug-08-05 12:30 AM   #39 
     - Well, I don't see anything wrong with taxing those with more money  AuntPatsy   Aug-08-05 12:29 AM   #38 
     - STFU FREEPER SCUM!!!!!  Wabbajack   Aug-08-05 10:54 AM   #62 
  - It's pro-Dynasty. The Bushistas support having most of the wealth and  johnaries   Aug-08-05 12:14 AM   #32 
  - a national sales tax isn't fair..  flaminbats   Aug-08-05 01:01 AM   #43 
  - It's very regressive. Regressive/Progressive tax explained in simple terms  NAO   Aug-08-05 01:18 AM   #45 
  - Does it put a tax on such things as stocks, shares, options?  rman   Aug-08-05 03:49 AM   #46 
  - I think Neal Boortz Sucks Ass  AtomicKitten   Aug-08-05 04:07 AM   #47 
  - It's not fair at all. It is a right wing scheme to cut taxes on the  Mountainman   Aug-08-05 07:31 AM   #48 
  - National Retail Federation press release  Bush_Eats_Beef   Aug-08-05 02:45 PM   #72 
  - Rather than criticize .....  thiscrowlives   Aug-08-05 07:41 AM   #49 
  - "ability to pay"  welshTerrier2   Aug-08-05 07:45 AM   #50 
  - hi welshterrier  thiscrowlives   Aug-08-05 08:03 AM   #54 
  - No Deductions?  Jeff In Milwaukee   Aug-08-05 08:13 AM   #55 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-08-05 07:53 AM   #51 
  - Nice try but no sale...  peace frog   Aug-08-05 08:17 AM   #56 
  - Tax People Based on the Benefits they Receive.  banana republican   Aug-08-05 08:31 AM   #57 
  - Analysis aside...  Concerned GA Voter   Aug-08-05 09:05 AM   #58 
  - Nice name  baldguy   Aug-08-05 09:08 AM   #59 
  - Do you mean the National Sales Tax? To go with our National IDs?  ClassWarrior   Aug-08-05 09:16 AM   #60 
  - I prefer a "fairer tax"  WesDem   Aug-08-05 12:14 PM   #63 
  - The Orwellian Name Is The Give Away . . .  loindelrio   Aug-08-05 12:49 PM   #64 
  - It's not a "Fair Tax" it's a National Sales Tax.  norml   Aug-08-05 02:08 PM   #65 
  - Yes, "Fair Tax" is the "National Sales Tax"...here are a few links:  Bush_Eats_Beef   Aug-08-05 02:23 PM   #68 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-08-05 02:15 PM   #66 
  - It's another shift the tax from the rich to the middle class scheme  warrens   Aug-08-05 02:36 PM   #70 
  - Also fair: the used car tax, the food stamps tax, and the apt. tax  dmsRoar   Aug-08-05 02:58 PM   #73 
  - A fair tax is an oxymoron  AllieB   Aug-08-05 07:27 PM   #74 
  - It's an unfair tax. Totally opposed. n/t  Darranar   Aug-08-05 07:36 PM   #75 
  - locking  Moderator   Aug-08-05 08:04 PM   #77 
 

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