what do you guys think about saletaxes?
“here in california, we pay them.”
“in Oregon, we don’t!” she said, while her piercing blue eyes invited Sandy to touch her boob.
And then they made out.
Is this the SAMA forum?
[quote]florelius wrote:
what do you guys think about saletaxes?
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Better than an income tax.
Which does not say much, because lots of things are better than servitude.
^Ditto
I hate em, they don’t do anything constructive with the money.
I agree with what Maximus said, but I think we are never going to get rid of Taxes, so lets make them as fair as possible. No income, no property, no capital gains, etc… Have a flat sales tax and set a few basic rules so that people can choose how much taxes they pay.
Don’t tax food, don’t tax electricity, don’t tax natural gas, Don’t tax the first 100K for a home. This will allow people to live at a base level without having an oppresive central government taking thier money. What you do tax is the things that are not “neccessary” Tax Tv’s, video games, anything over 10K in a car, Jewelry, Restaurant sales, vacations, beer, and anything else you can think of which people choose to get but don’t need it.
A few things this will do is it will allow people to pay as much taxes as they want to. You would literally be able to get by paying ALMOST no tax at all if you so choose. Businesses will COME HERE to do business because there will be no ridiculous taxes. If crap is imported from another country that would be taxed if it was bought here, you pay an import tax at the same rate, so there is no advantage to buy from elswhere to avoid a tax.
Rich people will pay more tax simply because they spend more money, and they spend a lot more money on “not the basics” However, it’s fair, because they can choose to buy or not to buy. People will complain less and feel violated less if they have control. It also keeps the government in a position to get really hurt if the economy tanks. That will directly cut into their tax revenue. It will also remove their heavy hand in trying to control the economy. There will be no more tax credits for this company or sector and kickbacks for another.
This is what I think would be a better tax plan. You could also fire almost ALL of the IRS, they would be reduced to basically glorified accountants. This would further cut the cost of running the federal government.
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[quote]MaximusB wrote:
I hate em, they don’t do anything constructive with the money.[/quote]
me too, I find them to be the worst type of tax that is, because they are regressive.
I would rather pay 5% more on progressive income tax if they removed sales taxes.
I would prefer a flat 11.5% sales tax across the board. If we are going to have a tax system we should create a system that encourages savings. Tho for me to support the sales tax all other taxes(with the exception of state taxes) would have to be gotten rid of.
I know that this differs from city to city, but here in Los Angeles, they don’t do a GODDAM thing good with the money, other than pay for union wages and pensions.
[quote]John S. wrote:
I would prefer a flat 11.5% sales tax across the board. If we are going to have a tax system we should create a system that encourages savings. Tho for me to support the sales tax all other taxes(with the exception of state taxes) would have to be gotten rid of.[/quote]
Ditto. If all we had was sales tax I’d be cool with it. But getting raped by sales tax in addition is not for me…
Philadelphia is trying to impose an extra 2 cents per ounce of “sugary drinks” tax, on top of the 8% sales tax we already have. That takes the cost of a 2 liter bottle of soda from $.99 to $2.35.
I don’t even drink soda and this gets me enraged. Plus, it includes gatorade.
Even worse than the sugar drink tax itself is Mayor Nuttercase claiming the reason for this tax is to lower the obesity rates in Philadelphia.
Thank you, big brother.
Try living in Ontario.
ie: cheap case of beer $26-$30, carton of brand name smokes $70+, $4.35/gallon for gas.
The government makes a ton on those big three alone. We pay tax on tax.