[geeks] Taxes

[hike]

On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Sandwich Maker <adh at an.bradford.ma.us>
wrote:

> " From: Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
> "
> " Sandwich Maker wrote:
> " > " From: Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net>
> " > " I saw an interesting report last night that analyzed actual tax
> " > " reciepts as a percentage of domestic earnings, and oddly, no matter
> " > " what the tax rates were (91% down to the current "Bush Adjusted" tax
> " > " rates that "benefit the wealthy"), the gov't took in about 19.5% in
> " > " tax revenue. When the tax rate is higher, people find ways to reduce
> " > " their tax liability, when it drops, there is less incentive to do
> so...
> " >
> " > yeah, but shifting that burden from folks who can't afford to pay to
> " > folks who just don't want to is not unfair.
> "
> " Personally, assuming retaining an income tax, I'd like to see something
> " like this:
> "
> " The government annually publishes a surveyed state-by-state basic cost
> " of living for a family of a given size.  Income below that basic cost of
> " living is tax-free, regardless of how much money you make in total.
>
> yeah, but that's already unfair.  here in ma, the bcol in boston is
> much higher than in say the berkshires 200mi away.  my own fair little
> city, only ~30mi from boston, is half the cost for things like
> housing.  do the rurals get a free ride or do urbanites get cut off
> at the knees?
>
> county by county?  worcester co is big and covers -many- rural
> communities besides the city of worcester.  one single number wouldn't
> be equitable there.
>
> otoh, the finer the granularity, the more bureaucracy needed to track
> and the more overhead cost...  town by town has to be too much, and
> folks not living within incorporated town borders would escape
> coverage.
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The Fair Tax would be a Federal Tax!  What you have described are State and
City/County taxes.

What Brooke and you have described are not the same things.