Roger,<br> <br> What is your position on raising the sales tax in Idaho, including the food tax?<br> <br> Best,<br> <br> _DJA<br><br><b><i>lfalen <lfalen@turbonet.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">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.<br><br>Roger<br>-----Original message-----<br>From: "Tom Hansen" idahotom@hotmail.com<br>Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:36:43 -0700<br>To: lfalen@turbonet.com, donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com, godshatter@yahoo.com,
vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] [Spam] Re: [Bulk] Re: Taxes and Deadbeats<br><br>> I agree, Mr. falen -<br>> <br>> In fact I brought this up a couple times over the past couple years here on <br>> V2020.<br>> <br>> We should eliminate federal income tax altogether and simply adopt a 2% to <br>> 3% federal sales tax addendum to each state's sales tax.<br>> <br>> As it is currently, if a business entity purchases something for use by that <br>> business entity, the purchase is exempt from state sales tax. We can <br>> maintain the status quo on that, and simply not allow ANY exemptions to the <br>> federal sales tax addendum. In effect it would drastically reduce, if not <br>> eliminate the national deficit within a reasonably short period of time.<br>> <br>> Europe (Germany, in particular) has been imposing a federal "value-added" <br>> tax for quite some time now. Perhaps we should follow suit.<br>>
<br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Vandalville, Idaho<br>> <br>> <br>> >From: lfalen <lfalen @turbonet.com=""><br>> >Reply-To: lfalen <lfalen @turbonet.com=""><br>> >To: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 @yahoo.com="">, "Paul <br>> >Rumelhart" <godshatter @yahoo.com="">, Vision2020 <br>> ><vision2020 @moscow.com=""><br>> >Subject: [Vision2020] [Spam] Re: [Bulk] Re: Taxes and Deadbeats<br>> >Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:48:18 -0700<br>> ><br>> >Donovan, Dick, Paul and others<br>> ><br>> >I think you all have good ideas that merit consideration. A flat tax with <br>> >an exemption below a certain income level or a national sales tax, <br>> >exempting basic goods would be a big improvement.Some services could be <br>> >taxed(haircuts for example). Any of these would get rid of the tax <br>> >exemptions that allow the rich to avoid taxes.<br>> ><br>>
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