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In response to "crikey! -- nm" by JaxSean

It bugs me how often percentage taxes (sales, income) are used to cover spending gaps.

Posted by ty97 Aug 3 '09, 08:43

If tax was a flat $25, it would make sense with time that it would need to go up to 30, 35, 40, etc to cover costs in expenses.

But when you have percentage taxes, there should be no need for them to rise to cover gaps. They only time they should ever need to rise is to cover new services.

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Or when people overall have less money and need more services is also when they spend less and create less sales tax. -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 08:45 6
- That's why we should be saving during the good times, not spending to our maximum ability - ty97 Aug 3, 08:49 5
  - We want more! We want it now! And we don't want to have to pay for it! -- nm - Dano Aug 3, 08:50 4
    - I forget who come up with this theory, but it states that in a developed democracy, an increasing tax burden is inevitable, as people demand more and - znufrii Aug 3, 08:58 2
      - Oh, I remember now! It was my pants! (Their book is coming out this fall.) -- nm - znufrii si Aug 3, 09:02 1
        
        step off, bitch, that's MY book. -- nm - znufrii's cat-pee-infused couch Aug 3, 09:03
    - US Economics 101, yes -- nm - ty97 Aug 3, 08:55
Death to the sales tax! -- nm - nubby in NC Aug 3, 08:44 1
- *giggles* -- nm - Epiphany Aug 3, 08:45

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It bugs me how often percentage taxes (sales, income) are used to cover spending gaps.

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