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Francine Frensky (870 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:09 PM Original message |
Should we call the Fair Tax the "French Tax"? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cute - but the French also have an income tax! But if Fair Taxers become |
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TheFarseer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. nice, might actually work n/t |
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Francine Frensky (870 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I think they'd get a little queasy at the thought |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
4. "But Europeans have a sales tax." |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 04:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. France has a unitary form of government (VAT comparisons are tricky) |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. "fair tax" should mean "ability to pay" |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Careful there, you're wandering dangerously close to that socialist saying |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. oh no ... |
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