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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: puborectalis who wrote (1922)	10/10/2000 9:30:58 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 10042

Well, there are arguments that taxing corporations is a worthless endeavor since they merely pass the costs on to the consumer in the form of higher prices. Personally, I'm for either a flat tax or a 1/2 to 1% trade tax as a replacement for the income tax (which was originally instituted as a temporary war tax to pay for WWI). People forget that this nation has historically had far lower tax rates. And I think that Bush is heading in the right direction to where government takes no more than 33% from anyone's check... Gore call it "risky", but the REAL RISK is building up government obligations even more, without the full knowledge that the surpluses will be there to pay for them. Bush can always raise taxes later if necessary.... But we know that government entitlements cannot be curtailed. That's what is REALLY RISKY...