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Originally Posted by Dood
What % would the flat rate sales tax need to be at though? High enough to keep out tourists and immigrants probably. High enough so we end up buying the same thing from a foriegn country over the internet.
Maybe a slight progressive sales tax would be better. Lower prices lower tax, higher prices higher tax.
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Huh? keep out tourists and immigrants? First of all, tourists are important. Tax them based on transactions (hotels, rental cars, food, etc). Immigrants will never go away, so why not tax them for usage too (western union money shipments out of the country could be taxed heavily to promote keeping us dollars within the US).
a progressive sales tax would be the same as a progressive income tax... tax the fuckin rich. Doesn't solve a thing except inform the rich that their dollars are treated differently than everyone else's.