re national sales tax the movie in article apr alchemy chem utoronto ca golchowy alchemy chem utoronto ca gerald olchowy writes in article aa inet gw pa dec com blh uiboise idbsu edu broward l horne writes well it seems the national sales tax has gotten its very own cnn news logo cool that means we ll be seeing it often man i sure am glad that i quit working or taking this seriously in if i kept busting my ass watching time go by being frustrated i d be pretty damn mad by now i just wish i had the e mail address of total gumby who was saying that clinton didn t propose a nst actually jerry brown essentially did and clinton in his demagogue persona condemned brown for it in the crucial ny primary last year however why don t the republicans get their act together and say they will support a broad based vat that would have to be visible the vat in canada is visible unlike the invisible vats they have in europe and suggest a rate sufficient to halve income and corporate and capital gains tax rates and at a rate sufficient to give the clintons enough revenue for their health care reform the republicans are in general fighting any tax increase there is also worry that a vat would be far too easy to increase incrementally btw what is different between canada s tax and most of europe s that makes it visible and force an agreement with the democrats that the top income tax rate would then be frozen for the forseeable future and could be increased only via a national referendum this would require a constitutional amendment and congress enjoys raising taxes too much to restrict themselves like that besides with the majority necessary to pull that off you d have a difficult time forcing anything like that why not make use of the clintons to do something worthwhile shift the tax burden from investment to consumption and get health care reform and a frozen low top marginal tax rate all in one fell swoop primarily because it s a practical impossibility to freeze tax rates however this is something that bothers me we re always talking about consumer confidence and consumer spending as gauges for the economy if they really are important wouldn t shifting taxes to consumption provide a disincentive to spend money david veal univ of tenn div of cont education info services group pa utkvm utk edu i still remember the way you laughed the day your pushed me down the elevator shaft i m beginning to think you don t love me anymore weird al
