Comments on: Thompson Proposes Tax Choice

By: Malagent

Malagent — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:04:55 +0000

I’m with Fred…

Texas Fred and Fred Thompson.

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:43:33 +0000

Be a damned shame for all those vultures if they had to go out and get a real job and not one that provided them with a targeted core…

By: BobF

BobF — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:25:42 +0000

Back about 10 years ago I was taking a tax course offered by the IRS. Our instructor happened to be an IRS regional supervisor and the discussion of a flat tax rate came up. He stated that using a flat tax rate (say 10%) would provide enough tax money to run not only the Federal Government but also state and local governments too. The flat rate he talked about would also eliminate all deductions and credits. No matter who you are or how much you made, you were taxed at the same rate. If you make $50,000 per year, you would pay a flat rate of $5,000 for the year. He said the money generated would be sufficient to eliminate sales and property taxes too. Everyone would be taxed at the same rate and nobody could say they were taxed unfairly. Butâ€¦and theirâ€™s always a But.

He said if we did go to a system like this, it would literally put millions of people out of work. He said we had no idea in the numbers of people whose employment is dependent on the â€œtax industryâ€. People are employed in the collecting of taxes from local levels up to federal along with the industry who makes tax preparation software. Companies hire people just to ensure taxes are collected and paid; even small â€œmom and popâ€ type businesses have to hire accounts now days. He said for this reason alone the nation wonâ€™t go to a flat rate tax.

By: Brad Marston

Brad Marston — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:59:03 +0000

I actually left a nice long comment but it seems to have gotten bumped by the trackback…well if you want to read what I said about Texas Fred I have turned it into a post over at AzaMatteroFact.

By: AZAMATTEROFACT

AZAMATTEROFACT — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:22:13 +0000

Texas Fred A Blogger We Should All Emulate…

Doesn’t the title really say it all?…

By: Gunz

Gunz — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:00:52 +0000

He’s got great ideas and well thought out, it’s my opinion of why he waited so long to get in the race, one reason anyway, to research and truly work on the issues at hand so he knew what the heck he was talking about once he officially got into it.

By: ablur

ablur — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:52:39 +0000

It is great to see Fred starting to stride. My canidate isn’t moving but his message is. Fred is both moving up and being heard.

We need a good Conservative canidate.

By: GUYK

GUYK — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:11:36 +0000

Thompson makes more sense than any of the others…but maybe that is his problem..he makes sense. Too damn many of the voters don’t want to hear bad news nor fixes to problems..