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Go to consumption tax. You could eliminate the IRS. Since

Posted on: March 24, 2025 at 13:09:03 CT
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it would work much like a sales tax it would be very difficult to cheat. Instead of slightly less than half of the people paying the way everyone would have some skin in the game.

A consumption tax could be tiered so that necessities have a very low tax rate and luxuries a very large one.
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JG is going to love this nonsense - Bosalphus KC - 3/24 12:14:28
     If they let go every IRS employee not current on taxes - MU Diaspora MU - 3/24 13:00:37
          or Senators & Congressmen.(nm) - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/24 13:34:42
          IRS employees were something like 98% compliant last - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/24 13:33:32
          Go to consumption tax. You could eliminate the IRS. Since - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/24 13:09:03
               You should talk to those countries that have VAT - BigDave MU - 3/24 15:33:49
               You'd still some sort of entity to make sure vendors are - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/24 13:36:04
                    The poor should have skin in the game. If necessities were - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/24 13:43:00
               RE: Go to consumption tax. You could eliminate the IRS. Since - sarasotatiger MU - 3/24 13:22:41
                    What's the point? Some of the biggest economic idiots in - MU Diaspora MU - 3/24 13:29:39
                         RE: What's the point? Some of the biggest economic idiots in - sarasotatiger MU - 3/24 13:37:22
               I would be all for a consumption tax - MU Diaspora MU - 3/24 13:15:16
                    Agree, if the introduced the consumption tax while phasing - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/24 13:20:01
                         Exactly. nm - MU Diaspora MU - 3/24 13:20:24
     so, just add more IRS agents and "revenue" increases? - 90Tiger STL - 3/24 12:47:57
          It is actually that simple. They collect tax money from - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/24 13:28:48
               In that case why not hire 1 million of them? - Bosalphus KC - 3/24 13:36:13
                    Why not? There is a point of diminishing returns, but - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/24 13:38:16
                         because taxation is theft (nm) - Seagull MU - 3/24 13:46:59
                              Yes, it's difficult to convince you religious types nn - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/24 13:56:39
                                   ah yes those who don't worship the state - Bosalphus KC - 3/24 13:59:54
                                        I don't worship lawlessness. Nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/24 14:03:13
                                             so you hated the US prior to 1913? (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 3/24 14:15:38
                         So what's the magic number? (nm) - Bosalphus KC - 3/24 13:39:19
                              Depends on where the agents are employed exactly. There - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/24 13:55:47
                                   You don't have a number, you just know more is needed lol (nm) - Bosalphus KC - 3/24 13:57:57
                                        The number can be calculated, but I don't have the - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/24 13:59:40
                                             you don't know any of that (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 3/24 14:16:27
               No most of those they get were people who attempted to file - DHighlander NWMSU - 3/24 13:33:51
          J6 thinks so - CulturedDan MU - 3/24 12:58:53
     Waste, fraud and abuse at IRS - Spanky KU - 3/24 12:46:44
          RE: Waste, fraud and abuse at IRS - sarasotatiger MU - 3/24 12:49:16
               IRS funding has been cut nearly every year since 1990 - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/24 13:41:49
                    Modernization was budgeted - Spanky KU - 3/24 13:54:34
                         And subsequently cut. From 2010-2021, the budget for the - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/24 13:57:59
                              was the modernization budget cut? - Spanky KU - 3/24 14:14:34
                    Has tax revenue dropped every year - Bosalphus KC - 3/24 13:45:58
                         Tax to GDP ratio is lower now than 20.years ago. So yes. Nm - SparkyStalcup MU - 3/24 14:02:51
                              Not what I asked (nm) - Bosalphus KC - 3/24 14:04:28
               Why would it not be true? - Spanky KU - 3/24 13:10:25
                    That's the "dismiss" in dismiss, distract, deny. - MU Diaspora MU - 3/24 13:14:16
                         RE: That's the "dismiss" in dismiss, distract, deny. - sarasotatiger MU - 3/24 13:30:22
                              Like the Russia collusion story that was never validated? - Spanky KU - 3/24 13:38:23
               edgy, insightful - 90Tiger STL - 3/24 12:56:28
     Between this and his meltdown yesterday over how AI - MIZ45 MU - 3/24 12:18:11
          He probably spent the rest of his day telling Grok - TIGERROAR MU - 3/24 12:34:35
               Lol (nm) - MIZ45 MU - 3/24 13:15:06
          lol (nm) - Bosalphus KC - 3/24 12:20:47




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