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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (144567)9/19/2010 10:50:18 AM
From: Steve Lokness  Respond to of 542946
 
1. Fairness. Rich have to pay a little more

What's fair about that? Seems to me what is fair is a VAT tax or a sales tax so people all pay according to what they buy. The rich will always pay more its just a matter of how much more. That is good policy - but "fairness"?



To: Mary Cluney who wrote (144567)9/19/2010 6:19:31 PM
From: gerard mangiardi  Respond to of 542946
 
What's really not addressed is the following question. Don't the very wealthy owe something to the society that has enabled them to prosper so? They certainly should pay taxes and to encroach on the thought that taxing them is confiscatory is a bald lie.