[Vision2020] [Spam] Re: [Spam] Re: [Bulk] Re: Taxes and Deadbeats

[lfalen]

I am not in favor of taxing basic food item or perscription drugs. It would be fine to tax luxury items ( caviar for example). I would rather see a higher sales tax, a tax on some services (hair  cuts) and a reduction in property tax. I would also like to see a reduction in the number of tax exemption. Nationally a flat tax may be route to go. I would favor that or even a national sates tax. Get  rid of Property taxes and  the IRS or greatly reduce it. I would  in favor of a local option tax to raise money for specific purposes.
Roger

-----Original message-----
From: Donovan Arnold donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 20:54:06 -0700
To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com,  Tom Hansen idahotom at hotmail.com, godshatter at yahoo.com,  vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Spam] Re: [Vision2020] [Spam] Re: [Bulk] Re: Taxes and Deadbeats

> Roger,
>   
>   What is your position on raising the sales tax in Idaho, including the food tax?
>   
>   Best,
>   
>   _DJA
> 
> lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:I  have some reservations on a value added tax, as it mushrooms the price  if an item goes through four or five levels of processing. I think it  would be ideal to tax only at the end use level. I grant that there is  problems with this, as there may be several places where an item may be  consumed. This may be a loop hole that may allow people to avoid the  tax. A value added tax may be the only way to ensure every body pays  even though it mushrooms the cost.
> 
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: "Tom Hansen" idahotom at hotmail.com
> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:36:43 -0700
> To: lfalen at turbonet.com,  donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com,  godshatter at yahoo.com,  vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: RE: [Vision2020] [Spam] Re: [Bulk] Re: Taxes and Deadbeats
> 
> > I agree, Mr. falen -
> > 
> > In fact I brought this up a couple times over the past couple years here on 
> > V2020.
> > 
> > We should eliminate federal income tax altogether and simply adopt a 2% to 
> > 3% federal sales tax addendum to each state's sales tax.
> > 
> > As it is currently, if a business entity purchases something for use by that 
> > business entity, the purchase is exempt from state sales tax.  We can 
> > maintain the status quo on that, and simply not allow ANY exemptions to the 
> > federal sales tax addendum.  In effect it would drastically reduce, if not 
> > eliminate the national deficit within a reasonably short period of time.
> > 
> > Europe (Germany, in particular) has been imposing a federal "value-added" 
> > tax for quite some time now.  Perhaps we should follow suit.
> > 
> > Tom Hansen
> > Vandalville, Idaho
> > 
> > 
> > >From: lfalen 
> > >Reply-To: lfalen 
> > >To: "Donovan Arnold" ,        "Paul 
> > >Rumelhart" ,        Vision2020 
> > >
> > >Subject: [Vision2020] [Spam] Re:  [Bulk] Re:  Taxes and Deadbeats
> > >Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:48:18 -0700
> > >
> > >Donovan, Dick, Paul and others
> > >
> > >I think you all have good ideas that merit consideration.  A flat tax with 
> > >an exemption below a certain income level or a national sales tax, 
> > >exempting basic goods would be a big improvement.Some services could be 
> > >taxed(haircuts for example). Any of these would get rid of the tax 
> > >exemptions  that allow the rich to avoid taxes.
> > >
> > >Roger
> > 
> > 
> > 
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