Trippah wrote on 04/23/15 at 21:11:29:I think this is why so many look at a national sales tax, but I suspect that much like meals taxes, only a portion are actually forwarded to the government. SO, make the 3 tier tax rate on all income without any deduction for loses or cost (that is gross revenue, not profit) A system change that would have to be implemented over a period of time, for sure. I suspect though that many might like to impose a national sales tax as it might be easier to collect from businesses than individuals. But I am against this, as I doubt that all goods and services would be reported (heck, lawyers don't even have to tax for their services). Oh well,
so let's see, you make 50k and you spend 25k as a small business owner for your business expenses, so you actually TAKE HOME the same as a 25k laborer, but have to pay 2x or more (maybe that's the next tier) taxes, yeah, real fair, and encourages entrepreneurship (heavy sarcasm)
Also, the only argument for why it's 'fair' that the rich pay higher % of taxes is 'they can afford it'
Yup, let's punish folks for being successful
And how does this collect taxes from the dope dealer up the road who makes 100K and is ob section 8 housing, food stamps, etc because he 'has no income'?