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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:46 PM Original message |
Would a VAT help lower the debt? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. In Canada the poor get two checks a year to offset the vat taxes they pay. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Thank you.. I was reading the article and it seemed like such a no brainer |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Taxing the upper 5% of Americans would go a long way to help. |
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ThomThom (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. yes and corporations need to start paying their fair share too |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. NO! Tax the hell out of the super-rich and withdraw the bloated bonuses for banksters first! eom |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. and end the wars by slashing the DOD budget. |
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gristy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. All taxes lower the debt. Or at least the rate at which debt increases. |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Yep.. that is why if there were no income guideline exceptions it would be totally |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. The MIDDLE class has paid enough. It's NOT time to stress them more. eom |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yes, but as more and more people are DRIVEN out of the middle classe & slide into poverty ... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
6. You'd need to exempt or zero rate |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Yep.. all those issues would have to be taken into advisement. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The UK has had it since 1973. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes, but isn't the UK un-shy about taxing the super-rich? At least higher rates than the USA? eom |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Depends what you call super rich |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. Here in CA the sales tax is 9.5% |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Believe it or not here in the New Mississippi |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
14. In this country.... |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Exactly |
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Dont TS Me Brah (129 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
15. it'd be fantastic! Would generate a ton of $$ nt |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. Why can't we tax financial transactions? |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm for lowering the debt and raising the SS ceiling too, but |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-30-10 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
20. try slashing welfare to the military and corporations first nt |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 12:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Finally someone has the right answer |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I don't think a VAT tax is really popular |
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jeanpalmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 03:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I also don't think it's popular |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. No, there are other ways to balance our budget and lower our debt |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. Would downsizing the MIC help lower the debt? nt |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
27. We should have had a WAR tax to begin with... |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
28. It could work but a war tax would be better. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. The way I figure it... |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. Quick Answer - In no way are the two related (n/t) |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. VATs and GST's are a regressive form of taxation that would hit the US economy hard |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-31-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. If they restored the top tax rates of the reagan era |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-01-10 02:02 AM Response to Original message |
35. Bad idea. Raise the capital gains tax and the income tax on the upper tiers. (nt) |
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