Re: Bush to eliminate IRS and replace income tax with a national sales tax

From: The Trucker (mikcob_at_verizon.net)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 17:19:50 -0700

royls@telus.net wrote:

> On 3 Aug 2004 14:28:15 -0700, ruetheday@outgun.com (Rue The Day)
> wrote:
>
>>http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39762
>>
>>Apparently, this is Bush's big plan for his second term.
>>
>>Personally, I think the idea of a national sales tax is silly.
>
> The main advantage, economically, is that it allows some of the excess
> burden of taxation to be exported.
>
>>However, I welcome the opening up of serious public discussion on the
>>complete replacement of the current income tax system with something
>>better. I think that this is the opportunity of a lifetime for
>>Georgists. Get the public and the politicians to agree that the
>>current tax system is broken and evil and that it must be replaced.
>
> There will be no point unless they can be made to understand _why_ it
> is broken and evil.
>
>>Once the momentum for change has been gathered, it's just a matter of
>>convincing people that the solution is not a national sales tax, but
>>rather, a national Land Value Tax.
>
> Apportioned among the states by population, in order not to require a
> constitutional amendment?
>
> -- Roy L

It is important to understand that collecting taxes from the states
based on the population of the state satisfies both the "head tax"
seekers and the "land tax" seekers. California will pay big bucks,
but they have the land values, the representation, and the people
to match that. Land value in the USA is primarily a reflection of
proximate population. And if the Californians don't like the
tax they can leave and go to N. Dakota:) 

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