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To: HG who wrote (4823)11/29/2001 8:33:36 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 14610
 
expecting 15% to be paid up by a guy earning 20K and another one earning 2million is not really a progressive taxation system. It would widen the divide between the haves and the have nots.

Whoa, Nellie. First of all, a 15% flat tax IS progressive. The 20K guy pays 3K and the 2 mil guy pays 300K. It's just not as progressive as one that has progressive rates compounding the progressive tax base.

And if you want progressive, you sure don't want a consumption tax where everyone pays the same number of dollars for a mile of highway or a loaf of bread.

Karen



To: HG who wrote (4823)11/29/2001 8:46:34 PM
From: MulhollandDrive  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 14610
 
>>Same as what happens when people lose their jobs ? Here in Silicon Valley, it used to take me upto 3 hours in rush hours to drop my kids at the daycare. It now takes me 20 minutes. The reason ? Traffic is gone. People have disappeared. Income tax payers have vamoosed.<<

This is probably one of the scariest things I've read all day.

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