Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Richardw
From : Deuce
Date : Mon Sep 12 2005 04:46 pm

  Re: Re: Um...no comment?
  By: Richardw to Finnigann on Mon Sep 12 2005 12:22:00

 >  > What?? I'm not very smart but I can think of ways around that already. Ju
 >  > give your kids everything in a trustfund and allow your self a living exp
 >  > for the taxman to fight over.
 > 
 > You're even more twisted that Duece.  Let's design a tax, then think of ways
 > around it!  What's the matter with a flat 10% income tax?  Or how about a fl
 > 10% sales tax?  Everybody pay the same percentage.

The problem with income tax is that you need to pay the government for the
right to recieve money (possibly even assets... do you need to pay 10% income
tax on a house that's a gift?  10% of what exactly?  Who decides?)

As for a flat 10% sales tax... do you mean on retail purchases only?  How many
times can the 10% "flat" tax be charged on a single item?  Does it still count
as paid if I pay it on all the components of a computer, assemble the computer,
then sell it as a unit?  What if I sell the parts individually then sell the
labour for assembling it?  Does the 10% still apply to the components (again)
or just to the labour?

Do you expect to have a usefull military on either tax scheme?

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