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Kasz216 on 25 October 2008
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Final-Fan said:
Kasz216 said:
Final-Fan said:
Final-Fan said:
Final-Fan said:
Also, I really need to know your thoughts on what I said here.  This is fairly fundamental stuff we're talking about, and I'm troubled that you (seem to) have ignored or forgotten my previous posts regarding the estate tax.  Please note that I've amended my post, partially to include new insight into what you MAY have meant (in the first paragraph; please do let me know if I'm right and, if I'm wrong, what the truth is) and also to be less belligerent.
If you want to postpone one of these two avenues of discussion, I want it to be the other one.

Seriously.  Please respond.  The post I'm referring to is IMO much more important than tearing apart my already-discredited hypothetical study, although I'm happy to do that as well.

Like i said last time.  I have no clue what you want me to respond to in there as I thought i already had.

Please point out where you talked about property taxes, wealth taxes, estate taxes, and sales taxes after that post.

That post must of never got posted.  Could of swore it was in there.

Anyway.  Even as an indirect wealth tax it is still a wealth tax... it doesn't apply to everyone and that's a bit confusing since the reason the poor are usually exempt from paying taxes are moot. (The person is dead, therefore has zero cost of living.) 

Just an indirect one... and yeah, basically I meant that sales taxes and in general things sales taxes are wealth taxes because they do target the wealthy more since sales taxes do not apply to everything. (Though with the current system as it is, that isn't a problem.)

Also i would argue such taxes are relevent since I would think that all taxes should be through a straight income tax.

More and more it seems the support for wealth taxes grow.  We haven't had any yet.  But progressive taxes and wealth taxes both set out to do the same thing.  Take money from the rich because people believe the rich have too much money.