National Sales Tax

Bush wants a national sales tax to replace the income tax. Besides the fact that the very wealthiest people would be paying the same sales tax as people one welfare, this gives no consideration to internet commerce. Online sales sites would simply incorporate in places like the Cayman Islands, ship products via unmarked fedex packages and not collect sales tax.

This of course brings me back to dinner monday night. One of the party members, (who by coincidence is a Palestinian) stated that he was a Republican. Oh, how interesting, I think!

He explains that he just doesn't understand why rich people were penalized for earning more money. Of course, when I asked what government programs he'd like to see reduced or eliminated he had no suggestion.