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<blockquote data-quote="W. Mark Hellinger" data-source="post: 35626" data-attributes="member: 692">Re: Gibson raidedAs in possibly a flat combined federal, state, county, and city sales tax on retail sales?If so, I see three problems with that:1)&nbsp; If I understand at-all correctly the data I&#039;ve seen concerning govt. budgets vs. retail sales in the US, such a tax would need to exceed 100% (by quite a bit) to have any hope of balancing the collective govt. budgets.2)&nbsp; What to do with all the out of work accountants, tax preparers, and tax auditors?3)&nbsp; What to do about all the pissed off Americans who buy a pizza for $10, plus another $15 or $20 or $?? in govt. sales tax.BTW:&nbsp; I&#039;ll suggest that if you want to really piss off the American voter, abolish all taxes except a one flat tax based on either income or spending, and abolish all tax witholding... and make everyone write a check for the full taxes they&#039;re obligated to pay as their fair share once a year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="W. Mark Hellinger, post: 35626, member: 692"] Re: Gibson raided As in possibly a flat combined federal, state, county, and city sales tax on retail sales? If so, I see three problems with that: 1) If I understand at-all correctly the data I've seen concerning govt. budgets vs. retail sales in the US, such a tax would need to exceed 100% (by quite a bit) to have any hope of balancing the collective govt. budgets. 2) What to do with all the out of work accountants, tax preparers, and tax auditors? 3) What to do about all the pissed off Americans who buy a pizza for $10, plus another $15 or $20 or $?? in govt. sales tax. BTW: I'll suggest that if you want to really piss off the American voter, abolish all taxes except a one flat tax based on either income or spending, and abolish all tax witholding... and make everyone write a check for the full taxes they're obligated to pay as their fair share once a year. [/QUOTE]

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