Taxes

[Perianne]

Bolded: why. 10% of $0 is $0. 10% of $100 is $10.

Underlined: I agree. And the poor could avoid some sales tax by buying used.

Everyone should have some skin in the game. If they can afford a smartphone, manicured nails, and tattoos, they can afford to pitch in a dollar for taxes.

How much of what I earn is the unwilling-to-work entitled to?

[carolina73]

I work. I pay taxes so that others may benefit from my work.

Let's see.... I pay taxes that the government collects, so it can pay for people's healthcare, so they can come to my hospital and pay my wages out of the money the government collects from people like me.


(1) How much should one person have to contribute to the tax coffers? I say 10% from every person max.

(2) How much should one person expect to receive from the tax coffers to pay for their healthcare brought on by their person choices?

The number often used was 22% as a flat tax with no write offs. That includes all payroll taxes in that number.
We could also allow a minimum wage adjustment to compensate the new minimum wage taxpayers.

I actually prefer a national sales tax but it would need to be phased in over time and it could also replace all corporate taxes. We could shrink the IRS to 10% of its size. Politicians would no longer be able to manipulate the tax structure, for votes and lobbyist payoffs.

[Peter1469]

The number often used was 22% as a flat tax with no write offs. That includes all payroll taxes in that number.
We could also allow a minimum wage adjustment to compensate the new minimum wage taxpayers.

I actually prefer a national sales tax but it would need to be phased in over time and it could also replace all corporate taxes. We could shrink the IRS to 10% of its size. Politicians would no longer be able to manipulate the tax structure, for votes and lobbyist payoffs.

Sounds like the Fair Tax.

[carolina73]

Sounds like the Fair Tax.

It should. I am a long term Neal Boortz fan