@csgordon@zirk.us @Npars01 @Clackable@tldr.nettime.org @stopgopfox@libretooth.gr @Mastopoet @GreenFire
No.
The FairTax would increase the cash in peoples' pockets, so people who are in debt and are cash poor would end up with more resources to address that problem.
Remember that the FairTax also eliminates the taxes taken out of a person's paycheck, increasing their take home pay.
It would be an immediate boost to stagnant wages, since you bring that up in particular.
@volkris @csgordon @Clackable @stopgopfox @Mastopoet @GreenFire
A sales tax would *not* boost stagnant wages. A sales tax system deepens indebtedness.
Payroll taxes pay for social security & unemployment insurance.
Eliminating the income tax collection system eliminates the funding for these programs. Which is the point.
Republican billionaire donors want to eliminate the entire social safety net, including social security and Medicare.
@Npars01 @volkris @csgordon @Clackable @stopgopfox @GreenFire
exactly, the "fair tax" is a libertarian way to protect the rich from paying their fair share for supporting the society that allows them to make the money they make.
@Mastopoet @volkris @csgordon @Clackable @stopgopfox @GreenFire
Corporations rely on a whole host of public services and infrastructure that they are reluctant to pay for, yet come from taxation.
An educated, literate work force from public education.
Subsidized international highway system.
Airports. Ports. Railways.
@Npars01 @Mastopoet @csgordon@zirk.us @Clackable@tldr.nettime.org @stopgopfox@libretooth.gr @GreenFire
Yeah, but we make the mistake of electing stupid officials who build that infrastructure without charging for it.
We should not blame corporations for that. We elected them. That's really on us.
@volkris @Npars01 @csgordon @Clackable @stopgopfox @GreenFire
Corporations have bought the politicians, big business invented corruption and use politics to make it legal.
We do pay for infrastructure, except the people who are most responsible and make the most profit from it are the rich who do not pay their taxes.
Give it up already, I am tired of talking to one who speaks such foolishness!