[nylug-talk] [OT] internet sales tax for NY in Dec. and the US?

[Brian Gupta]

Taxes are even more screwed up because the working stiffs have to pay
a much higher percentage of their income in taxes. Also, the sales
taxes are just another form of poll tax. (regressive tax). Basically
wealthy people don't have to spend as much of their income on food as
people with less money. Since food buying food is taxed... it hits the
poorest people the hardest.

We are in a toxic tax situation right now, that is designed to destroy
the middle class, and reward the wealthy.

On Nov 14, 2007 7:27 PM, J. Oquendo <sil at infiltrated.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Brian Gupta wrote:
>
> > I suspect states are going to have to tread very carefully, as they
> > risk alienating their voters. (Basically, if they could some how
> > magically enforce the "use tax", citizens would not view it as
> > enforcement of an old tax, but rather a new tax. With Spitzer's claim
> > of no new taxes, it will be interesting to see, if a) he pulls it off,
> > and b) voters don't throw him out of office.
>
> Most are acting as if votes count at the end of it all (2000/2004
> elections anyone?). What I can foresee happening *if* the
> government passed laws concerning collecting out of state taxes
> is, companies setting up shop in other countries altogether.
> www.amazon.ca. So now they're based in Canada, what are you
> going to do declare war on a country forcing them to partake
> in tax laws that mean nothing to them. Taxes have become such a
> horrible joke:
>
> Every dollar earned from your paycheck:
> Federal tax
> State tax
>
> Buy something with the leftover taxed dollar?
> More tax
>
> End of year re-check:
> Pay more.
>
> What is one *really* earning in NY per dollar? 0.65 - 0.78
>
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