"Marc Phillips" wrote in message
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Mr. Middius said:

As a possibly former conservative,

Why abandon conservative viewpoints? Because of Bush? He is not a
conservative.

I must say that my objections to taxes have
never really been about the AMOUNT of taxes taken from my paycheck,
but the
needlessly complicated and inefficient way the government takes those
funds.
We have created a cottage industry based upon the fact that the tax system
is
too complicated for the average taxpayer to understand. Not only do we
pay
taxes, but we have to pay others to pay our taxes for us.

I've always been for a flat tax, or a national sales tax, or something
similar.
Get rid of the loopholes for the rich.

I keep reading about loopholes but I cant find any to help me out. Guess
I'm not rich enough. I saw one guy complaining about the tax exemption
status of munies and how only rich people buy munies. Bunch of bull.
Eliminate munies tax exemption and cities and states will just have to pay
higher interest and guess who pays that.

Have everyone pay the same percentage.
Offer exemptions for those under the poverty level and that's it.

I agree 100%. Problem is.... same percentage of what? Taxable income?
What is taxable income? Interests Dividends... Capital gains?
I go for the National sales tax with a rebate for people below poverty.
Everybody pays the same on what they spend. That will encourage savings as
well.
Maybe we won't have to pay off those bonds in the social security trust
fund.

ScottW