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If I were in charge of the tax codes, I would tax businesses and not individuals. As the tax code is written, though, everyone pays taxes unless they earn below a threshold of income, do not purchase any taxable items, and do not own any property or a vehicle.
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Linda Joy Don't they just pass the cost on to the customer anyway? -
bostjan the adequate 🥉 Absolutely, but this rewards those who attempt to be prudent and/or self-sufficient.
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Everyone should pay their fair share. The poor do get breaks already. And rich hire accountants that learn how to hide their income in investments. If you only tax the rich why should they stay here just to pay more tax? That was proved with higher rates in one state up the NE coast not long ago. They moved their yachts to the lower tax zone.
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Linda Joy
Food stamps are not taxed because that would be taking money from one government coffer and putting it into another. There's no point. I don't think government grants are taxed either, but I don't know.
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Why shouldn't they? Aren't they also using the benefits paid for by taxes? I'm a big believer in a flat tax. Everyone pays 10%, no exceptions.
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Yup, poor people pay fuel taxes, sales taxes and payroll taxes. That's what benefits society for roads, schools, defense and etc.
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Not all countries pay taxes, and the country that pays the most is the UK, which shows we can live in a lower tax bracket. Many rich people avoid tax, some live in Dubai in order to do this. Just imagine paying tax on your employment all your life, then to have to pay tax on your pension, then have to pay tax on your inheritance. Tax has become a way of making the poor even poorer, and private ownership nigh impossible.
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