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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Are you at a point where you would even consider a consumption tax or are you throwing this point into the mix thinking it will dismiss the idea of a consumption tax? If you are serious we can seriously address the issues.
But being serious, in my opinion, would require some acknowledgment that there are problems with our current system of taxation. If you think there are problems with our current system of taxation what do you think those problems are? Is it simply that the "rich" are not being taxed enough?
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my problems with the current tax system have more to do with the way the tax money is wasted and less to do with how it's collected. shifting from an income tax model to a consumption tax model wouldn't change the waste. It also wouldn't balance anything out, as the wealthy people who job the system now would figure out how to job the new system, leaving the middle and lower class holding the bag (as usual)