Considered Unthinkable ~ A "NATIONAL" Sales Tax?????

[peaceandlove]

I don't know about anyone else, this is getting tiring! Higher State sales taxes and more of them and now a "National" Sales Tax?

Let's see, the US DEBT PER CITIZEN today is: $36,901 http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Once Considered Unthinkable, U.S. Sales Tax Gets Fresh Look

Levy Viewed as Way to Reduce Deficits, Fund Health Reform

By Lori Montgomery
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

With budget deficits soaring and President Obama pushing a trillion-dollar-plus expansion of health coverage, some Washington policymakers are taking a fresh look at a money-making idea long considered politically taboo: a national sales tax.

Common around the world, including in Europe, such a tax -- called a value-added tax, or VAT -- has not been seriously considered in the United States. But advocates say few other options can generate the kind of money the nation will need to avert fiscal calamity.

Article continues: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/wire.php?view=5494

[Lorien]

A flat national sales tax is not a bad idea. However that is in a situation where it replaces the income tax, not in addition to. Don't I remember Obama saying he wasn't going to raise taxes?? Guess it's time to really get off the grid and say f**k the man.

[peaceandlove]

**Breaking** 10-year Treasury yield hits 4% - Obama Secret National Sales Tax Plan VAT

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June 10, 2009

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[shred]

Originally Posted by Lorien

A flat national sales tax is not a bad idea. However that is in a situation where it replaces the income tax, not in addition to. Don't I remember Obama saying he wasn't going to raise taxes?? Guess it's time to really get off the grid and say f**k the man.

i hear that !!!


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[Seashore]

Originally Posted by Lorien

...Guess it's time to really get off the grid...

Lorien,

I'm not sure I understand what people mean when they say "off the grid."

How are you using the term?

[Lorien]

Originally Posted by seashore

Lorien,

I'm not sure I understand what people mean when they say "off the grid."

How are you using the term?

When you hear someone say this, it does not always, as you previously thought, just mean to not use electricity.

In this case getting off the grid basically means disappearing from the watchful eye of the government. Living on private land, paying no bills, having no credit cards, having an "income" which does not require paying taxes on. The goal in this scenario is that if the government tries to find you, they can't.

[Seashore]

Originally Posted by Lorien

When you hear someone say this, it does not always, as you previously thought, just mean to not use electricity.

In this case getting off the grid basically means disappearing from the watchful eye of the government. Living on private land, paying no bills, having no credit cards, having an "income" which does not require paying taxes on. The goal in this scenario is that if the government tries to find you, they can't.

We all would be better off if our food source would be local, preferable our own back yard. I worry about that the most...

[Northern Boy]

It is Sea Shore the woods are full of edible plants, insects and wild life, the key to eating insects is you only eat the ones with 6 legs if it comes to this

[Seashore]

Originally Posted by Northern Boy

It is Sea Shore the woods are full of edible plants, insects and wild life, the key to eating insects is you only eat the ones with 6 legs if it comes to this

Okay. I'm making a mental note of this!

And maybe we can make an adventure out of all of this, if we can just stay in our homes...