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Mr. Blonde · 01-03-2008, 03:19 PM

Your views for Huckabee aside, what do you guys think of his idea to abolish the IRS and enact a national sales tax? I don't know all the ins and outs of it, but I think it's pretty interesting.

The main component driving the idea is that the harder you work, the more you get taxed, which is kind of bullshit. but at the same time, there are also a lot of rich Americans making lots of money and not really doing much, and in those views I see such taxes justified.

Anways, i'd like to think it is a good idea because you'd only get taxed for what you actually buy. That being said, I don't know how that would affect the US financially. With the money you'd save from running the IRS...i mean shit, how many millions or billions does it cost to run the IRS annually? And implementing a national sales tax wouldn't really be that expensive at all....so you'd have a lot of funds open up.

What do you guys think about it? I'd like to hear GWB's view on it, as he seems to know a lot about economics and business etc.

EDIT: one concern is that the IRS has between 90,0000-115,000 employees that would suddenly be out of a job if that indeed did happen. I don't think a president has ever entirely eliminated goverment office of that size before.

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Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 284106	No IRS? Your views for Huckabee aside, what do you guys think of his idea to abolish the IRS and enact a national sales tax? I don't know all the ins and outs of it, but I think it's pretty interesting. The main component driving the idea is that the harder you work, the more you get taxed, which is kind of bullshit. but at the same time, there are also a lot of rich Americans making lots of money and not really doing much, and in those views I see such taxes justified. Anways, i'd like to think it is a good idea because you'd only get taxed for what you actually buy. That being said, I don't know how that would affect the US financially. With the money you'd save from running the IRS...i mean shit, how many millions or billions does it cost to run the IRS annually? And implementing a national sales tax wouldn't really be that expensive at all....so you'd have a lot of funds open up. What do you guys think about it? I'd like to hear GWB's view on it, as he seems to know a lot about economics and business etc. EDIT: one concern is that the IRS has between 90,0000-115,000 employees that would suddenly be out of a job if that indeed did happen. I don't think a president has ever entirely eliminated goverment office of that size before.
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna Last edited by Mr. Blonde; 01-03-2008 at 03:24 PM.