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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I don't think it has to be.
If an individual making 30k doesn't have to pay take on their income, or sales tax on groceries, rent, gas(? maybe), utilities, things we deem as essentials, etc. How are they being hurt by this tax system vs the alternative?
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Because poor people usually have to spend all of their money and rich people usually can’t spend all of their money.
Also anyone advocating for a flat sales should really look into how much tax revenue GST accounts for. It shouldn’t take too long to figure out how pie in the sky the concept of expecting new sales taxes to make up for all income and corporate tax revenue really is.