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Originally Posted by pgardn
Does make sense. 23% for people who have very little money and hardly pay any income tax, if any at all, would crush them. Paying 23% extra for food... not good.
What about the middle class though?
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it's still a disaster, because you're still stuck paying social secutiry, still stuck paying state taxes, still stuck paying medicare payments to the government. basically, for someone like me, you'd be taking out the 15-20% federal tax, leaving all the other payroll deductions and then saying that I have to pay 23% on everything I buy, including food, clothing, gas, other necessities.
That's about the worst idea i've heard all day, and I'm sitting next a total tool at work here.