Why do people think a national sales tax would actually work?

Question

I'm sorry, now it's called a "Fair Tax".

Do you honestly think adding a 20% sales tax to every purchase made wouldn't impact consumer spending? It would be the equivalent of having 20% inflation.

Most taxpayers wouldn't pay any less in real dollar amounts and lower income people would actually pay more because they spend a higher percentage of their incomes.

And don't say it won't matter because people will be "taking home their entire paycheck for a change". Most people are too foolish to think of their income in the long-term but everyone notices when prices on goods they buy every day go up across the board.

All this is doing is shifting a tax burden from households to businesses that provide goods and services.

Answer 1

because socialism is creeping in and many people are asleep at the wheel

Answer 2

Go against this tax its hell Plus the government will not pay the debt of the country We have one in Canada and they never paid the national debt People were so mad at this tax that they put the party out of the Parliament for the next 15 yrs