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belovedeagle | 8 years ago

And? This is only "unfair" if you assume that people should be taxed as a percentage of their income, but by moving to consumption taxes we discard that assumption.

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dogruck|8 years ago

Also assumes that we would heavily tax the consumption of basic goods, like groceries.

More likely, we would heavily tax goods that poor people cannot afford. Things like dining out, travel, fashion, electronics, cars, and housing in excess of basic sq footage.