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What about retired people who worked their whole lives paying income tax, building savings and now not having to pay much in taxes because the bulk of their income is based on interest on their savings? It would be DEVASTATING to them.
What about the fact that using a sales tax means that the ones who can't afford to save money would end up getting taxed on everything they make while the ones who can save get lower tax rates?
A national sales tax is shortsighted. Only a fool thinks that it wouldn't shift the tax burden to the poor and middle class.
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