Subj : Re: Um...no comment?
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Finnigann
Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 06:05 am

-=> Angus McLeod wrote to Finnigann <=-

 AM>   Re: Re: Um...no comment?
 AM>   By: Finnigann to Richardw on Mon Sep 12 2005 19:16:00

 > No single tax plan will be fair to everyone.

 AM> If everyone is treated equally, where is the unfairness?


But not everyone is equal, financially.


 > Almost before the ink is dry one group or another will see inequaties.

 AM> So?  People find ways to bring high-duty items through customs without
 AM> paying.  Does that mean we should abandon the process of declaring
 AM> items dutyable?

I was speaking about a hypothetical tax plan. Real life is of course different.
We don't have an infinte amount of time to fine tune the math. A plan in the
real world has only the one year to work or get fixed. so comprimises get made.


 AM> (In actual fact, I think that the law regarding payment of customs
 AM> duties is one of the two laws that *everyone* has a *duty* to try to
 AM> break.  The other one is the law regarding payment of income tax.)

Then why have such laws in the first place?

 > A flat sales tax is unfair to those those earn little more than they
 > need to survive.

 AM> It may be HARD on these people, but it isn't UNFAIR on them.

 > A steped tax pushes the burden towards the wealthy.

 AM> Who decided that the burden should be 'pushed' towards one group or
 AM> another?  Now *that* sounds unfair!

It's all a mater of perception, isn't it? If some folks feel that they are
paying more than their share... Well you do recall how/why this country
*REALLY* got started (and a god preference had little to do with it)

 > If we all made 100,000 + then it wouldn't be such a question.

 AM> Why?  because we'd all be victimized the same?

You say victimized, I say contributions. See it's all about perceptions.

 > And it's not sick to take advantage of the laws. It's reprehensible to make
 > laws that way in the first place.

 AM> So you AGREE that finding loopholes in the tax laws is a good thing?

Sure as long as they benefit me, and not the other guy... it's the American way
(those last four words use to really be the stamp of approval - a long, long
time ago)


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allerin
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