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Kasz216 on 25 July 2009
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ManusJustus said:
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 Is it fair for everyone to pay the same tax, where poor people pay $2,000 tax and rich people pay 2,000 tax?

I guess.  Wouldn't work with how much money the government currently spends though.

So the fair thing to do is to charge everyone the same amount of tax?

Then why are you arguing for arbitrary percentages then?

Answer my question first.

Is it fair for everyone to pay the same price for a playstation 3?

Yes.  The PS3, like all goods, should be the same price regardless of who purchases it.  Rich people shouldnt (and for practical purposes could not) have to pay $75 for a can of pop and poor people shouldnt pay $50,000 for a mansion in Beverly Hills.

So you think it is fair for everyone to pay the same amount of taxes as along as the government has enough money to spend?

Once you get over the poverty line I suppose. 

Though this is impossible due to the fact that the government spends tens of thousands of dollars per person.

Taxes are no different then any other service or product... well on second thought.  You can't really opt out.  So having to provide an equal amount of time seems to make more sense.

We aren't talking about time, we are talking about money.  The government doesnt tax you based on how much time you put into something.

So, are you are saying is that people who are poor should pay less taxes because they cant afford it?

We are talking about time.  You are taxed a percentage of your wages which you earn with your time.

Some people work more... some less. 

They are still being taxed a percentage of the time that they chose to work.

If you could charge based on your per hour wage that would be even better.  But we have salaried workers so that would screw things up a bit.

Clearly everyone should be able to make enough money to live before they are taxed however.


Neccesity should not be taxed.  Just luxuary.  Which is everything that  is not neccesity IE food/clothing/shelter (to a reasonable extent, IE: not mansions)