ITT we talk TAXES!

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

They're not designed to get money from people who slink by, they're designed to get money from everyone. Adding another flat % tax only hurts the poor more and makes life easier on the rich. I trust Warren Buffett when he says that people like him need to be taxed more, not less.

Yes but they ( VAT, fat tax, sin tax) unfairly target the poor more so than the middle class or rich. Why would you be opposed to getting rid of all the secret back door nickel and dime taxes and only having one type of federal tax that is a flat percentage that you can actually budget for? A flat tax on the rich may actually end up making them pay more in taxes since all deductions would pretty much axed.

Also, I sincerely hope that you are opposed to the idea of fat taxes or value added taxes being implemented.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Yes but they ( VAT, fat tax, sin tax) unfairly target the poor more so than the middle class or rich. Why would you be opposed to getting rid of all the secret back door nickel and dime taxes and only having one type of federal tax that is a flat percentage that you can actually budget for? A flat tax on the rich may actually end up making them pay more in taxes since all deductions would pretty much axed.

Also, I sincerely hope that you are opposed to the idea of fat taxes or value added taxes being implemented.

The only place I know with VAT - UK - provides way more in services not just to the poor but to the average person. So yes, I'm anti-VAT just the same way I'm anti flat tax in the US. Change up our entire system and I might feel differently. Arguing that other things are ALSO BAD doesn't change the fact that the flat tax is BAD.

And again I'll trust Warren on the rich people's taxes.