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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (252308)	5/1/2002 4:18:17 PM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 769670

I'd go for that but only in conjunction with an iron clad Constitutional Amendment outlawing the income tax. Otherwise we'd end up with both. I'm all for a flat federal sales tax on non-essential items myself.

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (252308)	5/1/2002 4:53:09 PM
From: craig crawford	Respond to of 769670

in truth, every tax discriminates against some activity. sales taxes discriminate against consumption, capital gains taxes against investment, income taxes against work. of course all taxes, not just tariffs fall on the backs of consumers. if you eliminate tariffs as a source of revenue to the government, you have to replace them with income taxes on individuals and corporations. higher individual tax rates mean less money in consumers pockets. corporate taxes just get passed on to the consumer through price increases. so there is no free lunch with any tax. but tariffs on foreign goods and a national sales tax are far less intrusive than the government poking its nose into people's lives and snooping on their income. of course it is far easier to collect duties on imports and on open market transactions so the irs could be done away with to a large extent. these are only a few of the arguments. i could go on with more, such as the argument that duties and a national sales tax will prevent the wealthy from exploiting tax loopholes to avoid paying their fair share, and the fact that under a nst people would exercise more control over when and how they pay taxes. if you are having a tough time, you can curtail your consumption and give yourself an immediate tax break. far better than our current system where we have to beg the greedy mandarins in washington to give us some of our money back.

To: Bald Eagle who wrote (252308)	5/1/2002 6:39:17 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Here is a tax, manipulative, deceptive, gross overreaching by the Federal government, but a tax no less than income or cap gains. Another gift from our conservative President: Bush backs Senate bill on 'mental health parity' By Joseph Curl THE WASHINGTON TIMES ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - President Bush yesterday broke with key House Republicans by urging Congress to pass pending legislation that would force private health care plans to treat psychiatric illnesses the same as any other medical disorder. Known as "mental health parity," the proposed bill would require employers to provide[ read pay for out of profits] *mental health coverage with premiums and co-payments no higher than those for other maladies.* washtimes.com