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Peak_Oil (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 12:59 PM Original message |
Imagine taxing assets instead of income. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. Welcome, Peak Oil. :^) |
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Baltimoreboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's impossible |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. I would be interested to see how Ted Kennedy would vote on that proposal |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yes and No |
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rangerfan (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. How about a consumption tax? |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That's the one I agree with |
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alonso_quijano (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. How is this different from the (very regressive) sales tax? n/t |
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rangerfan (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Everything is taxed. There are no exemptions. |
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alonso_quijano (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. That makes it more regressive (worse) than a sales tax! n/t |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. so, those who spend 100% of their income... |
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Peak_Oil (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. No. Regressive. Poor spend their entire paycheck, thus get taxed |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hard to say |
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Peak_Oil (666 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:10 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. The tax could be very low, you know. Bill Gates has how many billion? |
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Worst Username Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Not a Nader fan BUT... |
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GiovanniC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. Hello, Swiss Bank Accounts for Dubya & Friends |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm all for reducing the tax burden on the middle class, but |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. Tax greed, rudeness and stupidity. |
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wadestock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. You're on the right track..... |
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Abe Linkman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
18. Of course it's fair. It's the very fairest. Old idea & great idea. |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-04 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
20. A lot of assets ARE taxed, aren't they? |
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