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Kadath · 11-23-2004, 04:18 PM

The problem, KMA, is it's complicated to do. But I've got 25 minutes while Simpsons is on, so here goes.
I'm going with a 4 person family where only one parent works, both children are under 17, the worker makes 40K, putting 3K into tax-deterred retirement plan, neither of the children has expensive orthodontia and the family doesn't give anything to charity...you see the problem. I agree that taxes as they are needlessly complicated (the manual for preparing your 2004 return is three hundred and twenty two pages) but that makes it difficult to analyze whether a national sales tax is better for the average family.

With taxes dropping so much under this plan, the government would be bankrupt in a few years.

11-23-2004, 04:18 PM	#55 (permalink)
Kadath Muffled Location: Camazotz	The problem, KMA, is it's complicated to do. But I've got 25 minutes while Simpsons is on, so here goes. I'm going with a 4 person family where only one parent works, both children are under 17, the worker makes 40K, putting 3K into tax-deterred retirement plan, neither of the children has expensive orthodontia and the family doesn't give anything to charity...you see the problem. I agree that taxes as they are needlessly complicated (the manual for preparing your 2004 return is three hundred and twenty two pages) but that makes it difficult to analyze whether a national sales tax is better for the average family. With taxes dropping so much under this plan, the government would be bankrupt in a few years. __________________ it's quiet in here Last edited by Kadath; 11-23-2004 at 04:27 PM..