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Originally posted by mental modulator
"END and Socialisms, be a patriotic!"TM.
JEB 2012 -3056!!!
Originally posted by ludaChris
Sorry dude, but a national sales tax is not under "Ron Pauls caped leadership."
The IRS could be replaced with a flat tax or national sales tax, although any consumption tax must be coupled with prompt repeal of the 16th amendment.
A national sales tax would be a step in the right direction in my opinion
but that would probably pull in more revenue than the income tax.
A tax on EVERYTHING you can possibly buy. Think about what that would bring in on a daily, monthly, and yearly basis.
Originally posted by earlywatcher
Originally posted by mental modulator
"END and Socialisms, be a patriotic!"TM.
JEB 2012 -3056!!!
What on earth are you talking about?
Output from the world’s oilfields is declining faster than previously thought, the first authoritative public study of the biggest fields shows.
Without extra investment to raise production, the natural annual rate of output decline is 9.1 per cent , the International Energy Agency says in its annual report, the World Energy Outlook, a draft of which has been obtained by the Financial Times.
Originally posted by Southern Guardian
reply to post by Lennonist
Broken record. Iv heard many things from Ron Paul, doesnt make me even turn much anymore. We are in an economic crises, true, but as per usual we get the alarmists coming out and push their own agenda. Because we dont choose ron pauls route, to close down the IRS and replace it with another agency to handle the skyrocketing taxes on our products in place of income taxes to which millions will then cross into Canada and Mexico for their products, the goal here is economic collapse. Funny we have not even seen his plan in action before, the man doesnt even know whether it works let alone how its going to work. All it is, "end the fed", end just another agency and that will solve our problems, to be eventually replaced with another problem i.e another agency.
Not all of us buy the Ron Paul talk. True, Iv said this before, the man had the balls to tell it like it is back in 03' but nothing further than that. When the economic recovers next year, with all the conservatives complaing the recovery the result of "a cycle, not a stimulus" what will Ron Pauls excuse be? I get the feeling he will be using the same alarmist rhetoric,nothing surprising really.
[edit on 23-6-2009 by Southern Guardian]
Originally posted by daddyroo45
reply to post by Southern Guardian
Southern Guardian, is this recovery in a year a prognostication,or do you have the inside track with a soon to be appointed Truth Czar?
The IRS has it's work cut out for it. Near 10% unemployment combined with shortened work weeks for some of the lucky few with jobs. Means less tax revenue to collect and dispurse. Where oh where will the shortfall be made up? New and inventive taxes would be my guess. Maybe the Federal Reserve with it's new super powers will just collect it straight from the consumer.
Yep the plan as it stands looks like it is working soooo well right now! Just a few short months and we'll all be back in the money again.....
Originally posted by Southern Guardian
Originally posted by daddyroo45
Southern Guardian, is this recovery in a year a prognostication
Choose your excuse daddyroo45:
"its just a cycle, we were going to recover anyway"
"The recovery was the result of Bushes trillion dollar tax cuts 8 years ago"
"Its all a sham"
I sure hope you'll be around next year, and the year after. If anything, having been on this site for three years (my other membership with similar name), Iv seen the typical suspects leave and the mysterious ones pop up with new user names, not to be held accountable to their histories. Hopefully then I can use this very thread here to reference this to yours and the others reply to the economic normality next year.
And when the national sales tax is implemented vai ron Pauls caped leadership, what agency is going to handle that? And how are american businesses going to handle the millions fleeing across the borders to avoid the 30% tax increase on the products?
The IRS has it's work cut out for it.
Near 10% unemployment combined with shortened work weeks for some of the lucky few with jobs.
And? As far as I can see it, for the worst economic crises in decades, I wouldnt be jumpy to assume somebody was going to end it in a matter of months. This mess accumulated over an 8year period while you and your buddies here kept shut. I really dont see an 8year mess getting itself solved in 8months, regardless of who it is.
[edit on 23-6-2009 by Southern Guardian]
Originally posted by jkm1864
Originally posted by Southern Guardian
Originally posted by daddyroo45
Southern Guardian, is this recovery in a year a prognostication
Choose your excuse daddyroo45:
"its just a cycle, we were going to recover anyway"
"The recovery was the result of Bushes trillion dollar tax cuts 8 years ago"
"Its all a sham"
I sure hope you'll be around next year, and the year after. If anything, having been on this site for three years (my other membership with similar name), Iv seen the typical suspects leave and the mysterious ones pop up with new user names, not to be held accountable to their histories. Hopefully then I can use this very thread here to reference this to yours and the others reply to the economic normality next year.
And when the national sales tax is implemented vai ron Pauls caped leadership, what agency is going to handle that? And how are american businesses going to handle the millions fleeing across the borders to avoid the 30% tax increase on the products?
The IRS has it's work cut out for it.
Near 10% unemployment combined with shortened work weeks for some of the lucky few with jobs.
And? As far as I can see it, for the worst economic crises in decades, I wouldn't be jumpy to assume somebody was going to end it in a matter of months. This mess accumulated over an 8year period while you and your buddies here kept shut. I really dont see an 8year mess getting itself solved in 8months, regardless of who it is.
[edit on 23-6-2009 by Southern Guardian]
Oh Jesus if You actually had a clue about business.... Put it this way I make 400 dollars a day and if I quit and went contract I would get paid 600 dollars a day with the same company. The reason I would get paid is because they wouldn't have to pay for SSI, Unemployment, Insurance, & other hidden fees. Your pay that You get can actually be a lot higher without all these hidden taxes. I figured out all the taxes and a person making 47k to 116k only makes 39 cents out of every dollar made. I am not even counting the 6 to 8% inflation or sales taxes. You #ing liberals think You are so intelligent but in reality You have got to be must stupid people on earth..... New flash business taxes are around 40% and if You removed those taxes what they hell is a 33% sales tax going to matter? Would You want a job or do You want cheap Chinese goods? I think personally You just want to leech off of everyone else working 60 to 100 hours a week and groan oh help me because my 40 hour a week job don't pay enough. Hey with enough hours 10 dollars an hour can make You 100k a year and I know because I did it...
Originally posted by earlywatcher
this certainly seems to be the endgame of what's happening. it's so weird though. why would the government want that? I mean, really! plus the plethora of unconstitutional actions taken over the past few months. as it is, regular people don't have any way to stop it except a lot of complaining and writing useless letters to congress. it would seem that the end goal of the industrial takeovers, giving the fed greater power and even less accountability can only lead to violent revolt. eventually it will be too much for anybody to accept. so why are they trying to push things into violent revolt?
i can't understand what they are really trying to accomplish with this.