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> From: EvMick@aol.com[SMTP:EvMick@aol.com]
> Reply To: extropians@extropy.com
> Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 1999 13:03
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Re: Flat Tax.
>
> In a message dated 6/7/99 6:38:14 AM Central Daylight Time,
> ckuecker@mcs.net
> writes:
>
> > Let's scrap ALL the taxes, and the bureaucracies that go with them -
> > replace with an universal sales tax, no exemptions whatever, on
> everything
> > sold. Them what has the money and spends it, pay the biggest tax; them
> > without pay little or nothing. For those on assistance, simply increase
> > their dole by the amount of the tax. This follows the wealth generated
> in
> > the economy exactly. If earnings drop, so does tax income.
>
> i'm totally withyou...no taxes allowed EXCEpt sales taxes...retail...and
> brokend down at the cash register so you can see how gets what..
>
Actually, there would be a (big) bureacracy associated with this tax...
plus, those would be *real* complex cash registers.
Emlyn
> EvMick
> Madera Calif
>