<VV> [VV-talk] Taxes

[Frank DuVal]

Mark, just me in the middle.

I do not like consumption taxes (sales tax, VAT in England), but I 
wondered why you say they are soak the working people  taxes? If I only 
make 20K a year, then I shouldn't spend more than 20K in a year, so my 
tax will be based on the 20K I spent. If I make 200K a year, seems to me 
I will spend WAAYY more than 20K a year, so my tax paid will be VERY 
larger! If I am unbeleiveable in frugality, and I saved 5k of my 20k, 
then my tax base will be smaller. It encouages saving, something the 
current tax laws do not.

What's bourgeoisie about that?

Frank DuVal
Agreeing that all taxes are paid by consumers, just as higher prices.

airvair at earthlink.net wrote:

>Consumption taxes? There you go again, trying to hide the tax load by
>spreading it around under different names. Thought the original discussion
>was about whether all taxes were to be directly paid by the individual.
>That would require ONE tax bill, due as a lump sum. So let's get back to
>the original discussion of ONE tax bill.
>
>Besides that, a "consumption" tax nothing but a "soak the working people"
>scheme. It's promoted by the filthy rich because it's a way for them to
>shift their tax burden off onto the working class. A bourgeoisie idea if
>there ever was one. Trouble is, some middle class people are so deluded as
>to actually believe that hogwash.
>
>-Mark
>  
>
>  
>