There's a vast underground economy in the US that never gets taxed. All of the honest citizens who pay everything they owe get completely screwed by these scammers. We could reduce taxes for everyone (and I suspect substantially) if the scammers couldn't get away with it. Surely, there's an alternative to the present system!
2007-03-25 05:15:52 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
yes, i agree
2007-03-25 05:18:10 · answer #1 · answered by Brent W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I agree!! How would you suggest that the Government go after the underground economy? You see they are underground, as in not seen or known about by others. The www.fairtax.org folks would just shift the underground economy efforts from income tax to sales tax. Of course if you are really "underground" now, you don't pay either at present anyway.
2007-03-25 12:22:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If any government had the power to collect taxes from everyone you would have no freedom. Even the USSR couldn't control an underground economy run by the Russian mafia. Inefficiency is one of the prices one pays for freedom. Having a choice between freedom and lower taxes I would rather have freedom.
2007-03-25 12:30:37 · answer #3 · answered by Zack 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about we get a tax system that does what it's supposed to - pay for the legitimate functions of government? It's time our government stopped picking winners and losers or implementing social policy through the tax code. It is the nature and the burden of the tax system that has generated the underground economy.
2007-03-25 12:25:16 · answer #4 · answered by TheOnlyBeldin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, that would be good if everyone paid his/her share - but as Ross Perot once said, the devil is in the details. The fairtax proposals attempt to solve this issue, but create many more problems in the process.
2007-03-25 13:33:33 · answer #5 · answered by Judy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes. Check out www.fairtax.org
2007-03-25 12:18:44 · answer #6 · answered by Always Right 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋