On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:31:41 -0800, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:24:41 -0600, "amdx" wrote:
"Phil Hobbs" wrote in message
Oppie wrote:
"Jim Thompson" wrote
in message ...
Hee! Hee! Hee!

If you don't know why I'm laughing, you're terribly under-informed.

Talk about hope and change... ;-)

We had a republican win over the 3 term dem county executive
(Westchester, NY).
Unfortunately, the city of White Plains election seems to be all taken
by dems.
One independent challenger for mayor had his petition thrown out by
the courts because of a mis-understanding about filing date. Call me
suspicious but the only other candidate was endorsed by both parties.
A big write-in campaign resulted. We'll see how that works out in the
next week.
http://www.lohud.com/

Hopefully our taxes will stop increasing so fast. $12.5k for a raised
ranch on half an acre. Sheesh.

My opinion is property taxes are wrong, once you pay for your home, you
should
not have to pay the government to live in it. (paying for the rest of
your life)
Makes me mad just thinking about it!

Sales tax is the way to go. Exempt basics. Eliminate business taxes. That
way, people elect to pay tax when they buy stuff, and imports get dinged
just as hard as domestic products. And people have jobs and get paid, so
can afford to buy stuff.

But call it a "purchase" tax, or maybe an "outgo" tax; there seems to be
an aversion to the term "sales" taxes.

And additional pluses - the bureaucrats will have to pay their "fair
share", along with the guys with all the loopholes.

Make ten million in "income," and you can hide it. Spend it on a ten
million dollar yacht, pay a million (or whatever) in purchase tax.

After all, every tax there is ultimately comes out of the pockets of
some working stiff - wanna "nail the rich"? Tax their expenditures.

Even tax clothing, except for _used_ clothing, like at thrift shops
and garage sales.

But hey, what's ten bucks tax on a $100.00 suit? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich