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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Srexley who wrote (565321)4/16/2004 3:05:15 PM
From: Steve Dietrich  Read Replies (1) of 769670
 
<<What's funny is that you advocate it, even though you have no idea.>>

I think Switzerland has some kind of wealth tax, and property tax is a wealth tax.

On the other hand you want a flat 10% income tax and you have no idea whether it could raise the kind of money Bush and the Republicans want to spend.

Do you think it's funny you advocate it even though you have no idea if it would work?

And besides, i've said many times, it doesn't have to be a wealth tax, it's just a metric to see if people are paying their so called fair share.

<<Can't you see the dis-incentive for this plan?>>

Every tax is a disincentive. Our income taxes are a disincentive to earn income. Property taxes are a disincentive to own property. Sales taxes are a disincentive to buy things. A wealth tax would be a disincentive to hoard wealth.

Why do you think taxing income is a less harmful disincentive than taxing wealth would be? Remember if we had a flat wealth tax, there would be no income tax, none.

Steve Dietrich
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