Originally Posted By: driftfishin
Originally Posted By: Irie
Sales Tax systems are the most retrograde of all.

An 8% sales tax taxes all people roughly the same, it's just a much heavier burden for the lowest income levels to cover that expense on a week to week basis. For example, if you make $2000/mo you pay $80 in tax on your monthly purchases, it's going to be a 4% monthly rake, but if you make $8000/mo the same expense would be 1% of your monthly income.


Cool. Everybody should pay their fair share. Nothing more, nothing less. Let's get rid of the sales tax and just send everybody an equal bill for the government cost.

Actually, that's not fair. The poor use government services way more than the rich. When is the last time you've seen a millionaire on welfare, food stamps or even riding the bus?


You mean like no-bid contracts, federal subsidies, free State Patrol security details*, and "tax incentives??"

Ever bother to look up the costs of mass-transit, welfare, food stamps, & subsidised housing as opposed to kick-backs, contracts, and tax shelters?

Didn't fuggin think so.

A simple Google Search and 2 seconds with a calculator might shatter your entire stupid-ass world view.

Dumb schit.

Then again, if you weren't a complete retard, you wouldn't have posted anything as stupid as you just did, so I shouldn't even bother.







*Damn skippy! WA's corporate elite get State Troopers as permanent personal body guards courtesy of the average taxpayer.