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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:17 AM Original message |
does anyone understand this goofy fair tax that Huckabee is talking about? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. You might be shocked to know how many dumbasses down here |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I'm only shocked you would live among them. nt. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. If I had the money to move, I wouldn't. (nt) |
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Dante_ (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. simple solutions for simpletons? |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. That is exactly what ole Gomer said! |
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Dante_ (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. nope |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, it's pretty simple. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. do the poor get the rebate at the end of the year like a tax refund? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. It really doesn't matter either way, since |
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CK_John (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
21. There would be no IRS to send a refund under his pie in the sky plan. n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Simply another, equally-intrusive bureaucracy. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Funny |
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Dante_ (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Anti-Semitism worked fine in Europe too. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Europe does have VATs, but also income taxes. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. nope - they don't work just fine in Europe - the EU folks pay income taxes - the VAT is indeed |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Thanks, papau... |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. :-) |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Yes they do |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. However, the burden of VAT falls more on the poor than the rich |
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Beer Snob-50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. why do you think the rich will effectively pay zero taxes? |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. black market goods |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Two reasons. |
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crawfish (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. If there is a way to get the rich to pay their fair share, |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Exactly! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. But even if they couldn't, a sales tax is the most regressive tax possible. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. There simply isn't, even if you could tax every dollar they spend. |
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Beer Snob-50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. thanks for the explanation |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. You'd have to pay a sales tax on everything, from what I understand-- |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I doubt that actually includes the purchase of stocks and bonds. |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. That tax |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's like this...the rich will let the rest do whatever they like so long as the rich |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
23. If it is such a great idea, why didn't he try it out in Arkansas |
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