Re: REPUBLICANS PLAN PUSH FOR ELIMINATION OF IRS

From: Joel M. Eichen (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/28/04 

Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 06:14:34 -0400

.... and deficits represent a TAX on future generations!

We all pay.

Joel

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 01:53:35 GMT, "Vaughn"
<vaughnsimonHATESSPAM@att.fake.net> wrote:

>
>"Joel M. Eichen" <joeleichen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:orgui0l6i9tdjttt0p7aino8jcnqhojdmv@4ax.com...
>> TRANSACTION TAX - An interesting idea!
>
> All "tax reform" does is tinker with who pays taxes and when they pay them,
>the government still needs to be financed. The issue of HOW MUCH (in aggregate)
>we pay is a totally separate issue. If government collects less in taxes than
>it is spending, then you are still being taxed by the reduction of the spending
>power of things such as your earnings, savings, and (especially) your future
>retirement earnings. We have a word for that: "Inflation". In the face of a
>continuing deficit, it is inevitable.
>
>Vaughn
>
>

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