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randys1

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3. Any flat tax is unfair to those on the bottom.

Reply to SoCalNative (Reply #2)

Fri May 15, 2015, 01:06 PM

May 2015

Taxing the wealthy and corps using a progressive tax scale is the way to go, you can still have a small sales tax but there should also be a luxury tax.

VAT and our sales tax is not the same

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Kansas House rejects plan to raise sales tax to fix budget [View all] n2doc May 2015 OP

Sales tax is unfair anyway, hits the poor and lower middle class disproportionately randys1 May 2015 #1

It seems to work just fine SoCalNative May 2015 #2

Any flat tax is unfair to those on the bottom. randys1 May 2015 #3

Well as someone who pays the VAT SoCalNative May 2015 #4

In Kansas aren't you supposed to cut it to raise more revenue? Downwinder May 2015 #5