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To: Doug R who wrote (440924)	8/10/2003 8:54:39 PM
From: Peter O'Brien	Respond to of 769670

A consumption tax is also a good idea as an alternative to the income tax. Some sort of "transition rules" would be necessary, though, if it was ever implemented. For example, if you can prove that you are spending dollars that you had previously earned and saved under the "old rules" of an income tax, you should be exempt from the "new rules" of a consumption tax. Otherwise, you would be taxed twice, which is unfair.