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littleroc02us
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Fixed rate taxation by the Federal and State Govt. |
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I want to know what you guys think, but first I'll post my opinion. I am a big supporter of a fixed tax rate for all Americans no matter what their income. What I mean by this, lets say that percentage is 20% by the federal govt (includes social security, roads, govt operation/salary, police, other govt expenditures) and a 10% by the state govt. Now based on the geographical location to the big city and the average mean income the govt could budget and plan to live within their means based on the projected revenue through taxation. Just like the average american working on their own budgets for many years and making it better, the State and Federal Govt would become better at creating a budget. Although it would never be perfect, at least they would have strong projections each year based on unemployement and median incomes filed through the IRS. The big problem here is that the US govt would actually have to live within their means and we would need to elect representatives and presidents that don't spend more than they make. No more borrowing and they would have to get use to saying "NO". To me this would be fair for everyone and we would become a stronger country because our national debt wouldn't increase. Ross Perot tried this in the past but the American public wasn't ready for it. Personally, I don't think there is a chance in heck, that our govt could ever live within their means. What do you think?
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Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:03 pm |
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You must make in excess of $200k, which puts you in the less than 10% of America bracket that pays over 70% of the taxes. The flat tax will never pass since the majority (75%) currently does not pay over what that rate will need to be. On paper it sounds great for a flat tax, but to keep people of power in check there has to be some type of income redistribution built into the system. If not, then as we seen in history, workers will form unions (bigger than we have now) to over through the system. This ends up looking like socialism.
While it is great to have household surplus, very bad things happen at the macroeconomic level when a government is running a surplus. Need to maintain some debt.
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Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:55 pm |
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My actual postion is slightly on the side of the fence of don't punish the sucessful. Hower I think there must be a balancing act on this issue. Bottom line is that the poor spend nears 100% of their income and the rich invest a larger portion. Supply and demand must meet, so ensuring the consumer has adeqaute income to consume the amount of capacity generated by the rich, we maintain a good balance. I think this balance would be tossed of track if a flat tax was applied. Cruching numbers on paper is great, but any system must include the social aspect and acknoledge that greedy people exist in this world and would not adeqautly copensate employees that are generating the revenue with their hard labor. Which starts the engine on workers forming worker parties that get corrupted by union leaders etc, the rest is history. However I don't think we should be at pre Regan tax brackets, I'm just not in favor of the flat tax.
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Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:47 pm |
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littleroc02us
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quote: Originally posted by coaster
What are your thoughts on a VAT (in place of an income tax)?
I'm all for it. A fee levied on all goods and services as goods and services go through the production chain, from the raw material to final consumption.
I guess that would put a taxation also on usage. It makes total sense. My stance is just that whether your poor, middle class or wealthy the taxes should be fair and not heavier taxation to those who make more. Flat tax baby.
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Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:32 pm |
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