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domestic made goods have a 15% labor burden put on them

Posted on: February 12, 2020 at 10:33:33 CT
tigerinhogtown STL
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overseas made goods don't

If you eliminate that 15% and apply a VAT at checkout, you have leveled the cost of those goods
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doesn't a VAT tax make more sense to level the playing field - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:05:49
     RE: doesn't a VAT tax make more sense to level the playing field - MOCO SON MU - 2/12 10:30:13
          domestic made goods have a 15% labor burden put on them - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:33:33
               RE: domestic made goods have a 15% labor burden put on them - MOCO SON MU - 2/12 10:37:50
                    the 15% isn't for the labor force, it goes to the retired - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:41:49
                         RE: the 15% isn't for the labor force, it goes to the retired - MOCO SON MU - 2/12 11:04:34
                              the money is still coming in, just from another source - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 11:09:53
                                   RE: the money is still coming in, just from another source - MOCO SON MU - 2/12 11:11:25
                                        people getting SS and Medicare will still get it - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 11:15:54
     taxation is theft (nm) - ashtray UF - 2/12 10:27:41
          RE: taxation is theft (nm) - MOCO SON MU - 2/12 11:09:43
               that sounds like a threat (nm) - ashtray UF - 2/12 13:18:23
          then don't buy anything(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:31:45
               a really dumb comeback (nm) - pickle MU - 2/12 10:48:20
                    hey, you have options(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:49:04
               If you don't pay taxes, you go to jail (nm) - mizzouSECedes STL - 2/12 10:42:42
                    not with VAT, you just starve(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:44:34
                         So, taxes are an infringement on basic natural rights - mizzouSECedes STL - 2/12 10:45:14
                              did I say they weren't?(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:46:13
     RE: doesn't a VAT tax make more sense to level the playing field - BH O'bonga MU - 2/12 10:20:06
          Hell yeah - mizzouSECedes STL - 2/12 10:20:51
               RE: Hell yeah - BH O'bonga MU - 2/12 10:27:50
     ok, I get it, ideally NO TAXES...now tie your unicorns up - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:19:32
          This board isn't Congress. It's a discussion board. (nm) - ummmm MU - 2/12 10:23:08
          people have answered your question - pickle MU - 2/12 10:22:48
          Lol, the liberty lovers aren't going to be happy with you(nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 2/12 10:20:10
               Does that make you a liberty hater? (nm) - mizzouSECedes STL - 2/12 10:25:08
                    No of course not. But the taxation is theft crowd - MrBlueSky MU - 2/12 10:25:39
                         yeah, and some don't consider taking supplies from - ashtray UF - 2/12 10:30:17
                         it’s not a matter of opinion, but a matter of fact - pickle MU - 2/12 10:28:15
                              As a matter of a fact, it's not (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 2/12 10:38:43
                                   it is. no one has a right to anyone else’s property (nm) - pickle MU - 2/12 10:49:08
                         It's one of the three most important problems with the US - ummmm MU - 2/12 10:26:48
                              I'm not asking for new taxes, I'm replacing 1 system with - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:31:19
                                   no thanks (nm) - pickle MU - 2/12 10:53:16
                                   How does a VAT differ from a tariff? (nm) - mizzouSECedes STL - 2/12 10:32:52
                                        doesn't result in retaliatory actions by the Chinese - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:36:11
                                   Why do we want to replace the "lost income" to the govt? - ummmm MU - 2/12 10:32:33
                                        there is waste, but there is also a benefit to citizens - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:40:41
                                             there is no benefit (nm) - pickle MU - 2/12 10:53:57
                                                  I benefit from the road I drove on this morning - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:55:52
                                                       the people whose money was stolen did not benefit - pickle MU - 2/12 11:03:56
                                                            so my money wasn't stolen?(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 11:08:04
                                             There is zero benefit to citizens of the govt. The govt. - ummmm MU - 2/12 10:51:27
                    His posting history tells the story. (nm) - ummmm MU - 2/12 10:25:38
               nm - ummmm MU - 2/12 10:22:48
     No, the US should be exceptional when it comes to taxes - ummmm MU - 2/12 10:15:27
          That's the same idiocy the left proposed re nukes 40 years - hokie VT - 2/12 10:22:51
               Try this princess, reread my post and everywhere i wrote - hokie VT - 2/12 10:32:16
                    Okay done. But it makes no sense at all: - ummmm MU - 2/12 10:35:21
                         lol perfect (nm) - pickle MU - 2/12 10:55:24
                         LMAO(nm) - meatiger MU - 2/12 10:40:43
               So much for disarming? - ummmm MU - 2/12 10:31:36
               what’s idiotic about getting rid of taxation? (nm) - pickle MU - 2/12 10:29:46
               Well, the US hasn't disarmed. So, aside from the fact that - ummmm MU - 2/12 10:24:24
                    neither does he (nm) - pickle MU - 2/12 10:29:04
          and spend more - meatiger MU - 2/12 10:16:10
     How about they eliminate theirs instead? - RHAYWORTH MU - 2/12 10:14:33
     Lol, the UK has a VAT tax - mizzouSECedes STL - 2/12 10:12:09
          I'm saying in lieu of payroll tax(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/12 10:14:11
               no (nm) - pickle MU - 2/12 10:21:02
               Both should be eliminated (nm) - mizzouSECedes STL - 2/12 10:15:12
          You are going there - meatiger MU - 2/12 10:13:07
               Yup, can't wait. - mizzouSECedes STL - 2/12 10:14:34
                    Go a few days early - meatiger MU - 2/12 10:15:34
                         Just the Saturday night game - mizzouSECedes STL - 2/12 10:19:09
     no (nm) - pickle MU - 2/12 10:10:45




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