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Republicans’ proposed 30% national sales tax would raise the prices of: —Gas —Groceries —Housing —Medicine —Much more
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Very low income earners have an effective tax rate of 0% now; they won't under this plan. Now, they can claim enough exemptions to drop the FIT liability to zero, or even negative on their paychecks. With nat'l sales tax, they'll HAVE to pay at least some federal income tax.
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Again, very low income earners (who spend all of their money) can have an effective tax rate of 0% if their spending is equal to the poverty line. Meanwhile, they may still have an effective tax rate >0% with the repulsively regressive payroll tax in the current system.
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No. A consumption tax is regressive and any economist worth their salt will tell you the poor and middle class bear the greatest burden. This is nothing more than a Republican Trojan horse to try and kill SSI and Medicare.
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Why do you say it's regressive when you already know the monthly prebate exists? That prebate "untaxes" the poor and gives those who spend at the poverty level an effective 0% tax rate. (Those who spend below get a negative tax rate.) Higher-spenders approach the 23% tax rate.
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Wait...so now sending people monthly "credits" to buy things like food and medicine is NOT godless, anti-American socialist communism?? These people spend their time ranting against SSI, welfare and Medicare. Yet propose LITERALLY the exact same thing, except worse.
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Does that mean you would like the consumption tax to replace income tax idea if it was filed by Democrats in Congress instead of Republicans?
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I like most of the plan. I think the 23% that they are actually proposing is still a little bit too high. If you guys really want to do right by the people negotiate it down to about 5%. It will be more than enough to cover the nation's needs. And still eliminate income tax.
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The 23% is supposed to make it revenue-neutral (takes in the same amount of money as the income taxes it's replacing). Economic issue. If you want it to 5%, that implies Congress will have to spend substantially less every year, which is a political question, not an economic one.
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It's been a week since House Republicans introduced one of the most radical pieces of legislation in the history of America (the McCarthy 30% sales tax) and there's been 0 coverage.
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They'll gain money by purchasing something? This makes no sense, flat tax for everyone. Keep every penny of pay and if you spend a lot, you pay a lot, spend little, pay little. Seems to make sense to me.
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The process works like this... February 1: Receive prebate based on tax rate * poverty level Month of February: Spend money on whatever you choose, paying sales tax. You don't report anything to government. (Businesses do to states) If prebate > tax paid in Feb, you gained $$.
Does this sound fair? MAGA Republicans have a "fair" tax plan to hit American families with a 30% national sales tax on everything from groceries and gas to rent and health care. It's not fair to impose taxes on working people, while giving massive tax breaks to the ultra-rich.
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First, a trip the grocery store already costs us $130 instead of $100. Thank this administration. 2nd, with no income taxes, you are going to making A LOT more money in your Taco Bell paycheck. It will more than outweigh a 30% sales tax. You understand all that, Scott?
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You left out that it's unlikely goods will become 30% more expensive, because the existing business taxes will be eliminated, causing prices on all goods to drop (before rising again because of the sales tax); they should roughly cancel each other out, or at least not be 30%↑.
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