National Sales Tax Over Income Tax

Chuck Marshall's Humble Opinion on Taxation  

By Charles Eldridge  Marshall 

      In the news is the latest scandal according to Republicans- the Dems are hiring 87,000 employees for the IRS and will soon be banging at your door to audit you- especially if you lean right.  That might be true, but it could also just be that the IRS isn't able to police taxation effectively.  The government- if you haven't heard- is close to going broke.  Can't keep spending money that's not there !  

    Anyway, the reason for this blog today is to express my belief that a national sales tax would work far better than any income tax.  Why tax people for working ?  It doesn't make any sense.  Consider that the harder we work the better we do,  the more money we earn to spend thus creating more jobs and propelling the economy even more.  The government wants to penalize that effort and that economy boosting activity by discouraging it with taxes.  Ridiculous.    

     A sales tax could be used to tax consumption., which is far more detrimental to everyone.  Too much eating makes you fat- too much petroleum use makes the planet's air dirty and may cause climate change.  Too much alcohol makes you a drunk.  Too much consumerism makes all of us superficial pricks.  We could have higher taxes for the "sins" like cigarettes,  alcohol and pot thus bringing in more money but also discouraging the use of any of them.   Tax products that cause more pollution like paper- thus discouraging the public from buying products bad for the environment.  

     A national sales tax would be much better for controlling use of energy- a huge plus for tree huggers.  We could have very low taxes for "green" projects like planting trees.  Medications and healthy foods could go untaxed encouraging their use while also helping the sick with the expense of drugs.  The list is endless.  We could have a luxury tax on more expensive houses and cars and I would imagine it would become something to brag about for stuffed shirts;    "I paid a 30% luxury tax on my Rolls Royce today".  That's how people are !  Take advantage of it !  

     Stop taxing people for working.  It's ludicrous.  

In My Humble Opinion.....

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As you all should know by now, I am not affiliated with any particular party.  I have some  major issues with both parties and I feel they are very slowly ruining our country.   The way I see it, either party with a large majority turns into a ravenous shark.  They lose all control and become so overwhelmed with the smell of blood that they start tearing apart all semblance of dignity.  They see something they want and proceed to grab it,  and their promises during the election become a distant memory.  Their position as a representative of the people ceases and their eyes roll to the back of their head as they bite into the blood- filled meat of power. 

Such is the case with our government here in Florida.  The Republican governor, senate and the house of representatives were beside themselves as they passed law after law that would neuter the Democrats and will lay the foundation for their feeding frenzy to continue well into the future.   What's most daunting though, is their assault on the fair voting districts amendment that the people approved in the last election.  (They've even resorted to using public funds to file a lawsuit stopping it!)  What are they afraid of?  Is it that they couldn't win elections without the help of gerrymandering?   That is the thorn of contention that I have with each of our major parties: They are in it for the power and to subjugate the opposing party.  Improving  the lives of the people becomes a perfunctory task, an irritating necessity that draws them away from the much more entertaining game of political chess. 


Just as with any herd, there is very little logic or consideration for the direction of movement except for the fact that the herd wishes it., and unless you get out of their way,  your considerate ideas and approaches to making improvements in the "way of things" will be trampled   These two groups have us separated and powerless through this endless round of "us versus them".   There is no real reason to be in a party except that it has simply always been so.  As Thomas Paine said at the beginning of his masterpiece  "Common Sense":   ".........  a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right".

The political parties split us as Americans and leave those who crave power for power's sake in charge.  We need American leaders, not Republican and Democratic leaders.  Only then will we truly see an effective, functioning government. 

In my humble opinion,

Chuck Marshall

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