By: five fresh fish
So other than this "Fair Tax" report, what makes you think you're right, Hama7?
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I am also afraid that those health statistics suggest that your assumed opprotunity is simply not working to improve quality of life in the United States. I disagree, but that has nothing to do with...
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Utterly astounding. Providing opportunity ameliorates poverty. I am also afraid that those health statistics suggest that your assumed opprotunity is simply not working to improve quality of life in...
View ArticleBy: mikeh
Just so I make sure I understand this proposal correctly, here's how I understand it this far: Individuals at or below the poverty level will benefit because they will no longer have to pay taxes of...
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But you were only talking about income tax, weren't you? That's legitimate, but please label it as such. It's true that the poor do not pay income taxes now, but I was talking about the Fair Tax and...
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The poor do not pay taxes. -hama7 I assume you mean they don't pay income taxes, because they most certainly pay the Social Security and payroll taxes, starting from dollar one, and they also pay sales...
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United States makes a very poor showing in ameliorating poverty. Utterly astounding. Providing opportunity ameliorates poverty. In any case, the Fair Tax, as far as any evidence that has been presented...
View ArticleBy: mcsweetie
Social security: bankrupt, awful, socialist idea which should have never been enacted but thank god that it was. otherwise, my family would be sunk.
View ArticleBy: jb
Whether social security is an "awful, socialist idea which should have never been enacted" is really a matter of opinion, and whether it is "bankrupt" because it is a flawed idea or because it has been...
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hama7: You treat state government as if it's an entirely different kind of entity from federal government. The principle is the same: actions by the state government are essentially public...
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If you want roads, public parks, universal healthcare, social security, public education, common defense, or protection of your rights (to name a few benefits), the government is the only source for...
View ArticleBy: mdn
An apple also costs a greater proportion of poor people's income than wealthy people's income. Everybody should be able to eat shouldn't they? Should apple's be priced on a sliding scale. Everything...
View ArticleBy: riviera
Should apple's be priced on a sliding scale. No, but people should be penalised severely for misuse of apostrophes and omissions of question marks. Lynn Truss got that one right. But, seriously: apples...
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Government confiscation is variously applauded by those who believe in punishing wealth and achievement, and by those who want to expand a dependent voting bloc, and thrives on the fact that its...
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Well, as a side point, the market can and does provide many of the services that you mention. The reason government might be a better choice is because there are some economies of scale involved, so...
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willnot: I'm saying that if we need to pay taxes to fund public services, then everybody should pay the same - just as they pay the same for everything else. The reason we pay for public services...
View ArticleBy: Opus Dark
Should apple's be priced on a sliding scale. Willnot, do you really want to go there? One of the reasons prices settle out as they do is because non-luxury-item product pricing is designed to generate...
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Nobody's suggesting that poor people should be hurt. I'm saying that if we need to pay taxes to fund public services, then everybody should pay the same - just as they pay the same for everything else....
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