Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Flat Tax - Was: should I kill off this car (a 1993 Subaru Impreza)?

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

If by prebate you mean that they estimate a family's rudimentary food 
and household needs for those who are poor and then rebate them that 
flat amount (probably different for each household makeup and income 
levels) so that they aren't taxed on those items, I'm all for it.  
Granted it's rather bloated logistically, but nothing near the IRS.

Of course I like your idea better...  Provided it's only applied to 
those who have WIC status and not the general populous.

Rick wrote:
> The wife and I argue about this one too (her degree's in economics), 
> but she has actually told me that she can't explain the why of it to 
> me...
>
> I do know that I was a much larger fan of the flat tax when it simply 
> excluded WIC-list type items (primarily, food) rather than the weird 
> prebate concept I heard discussed on the radio the other night. It 
> seems a bad idea to funnel money into a government run entity with the 
> intent of redistributing it back out.
>
> Rick
>
> Jonathan King wrote:
> > On 1/3/07, Christian M. Cepel <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > > Two words.... Flat Tax.
> >
> > Two more words: Bad Idea. I don't have time at this moment to back
> > this up with an argument, but you don't make any argument for it
> > yourself, so there you go.
> >
> > Also, I have no idea what this has to do with the topic that was being
> > discussed unless you want to point out that tax deductions can be
> > abused, especially by wealthier people. But that's an argument for
> > fewer deductions (and I am completely with you there) rather than a
> > flat tax rate, per se.
> >
> > jking

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