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theunchosen · 05-27-2009, 01:33 AM

I oppose all taxes. period.

Up until 1909 the Us government operated and did not create debt without a federal income tax.

And no sales taxes are not regressive. You can't have your cake and eat it to. Sales tax is fair for everyone. Rich people pay way more in sales taxes than the average buyers because alot of the items they buy have special sales taxes. Just because its a bigger percentage of the income for the lower class individuals(not by much) they still pay less in sales tax overall than the upper class and most of the time said individuals used for any study along those lines pay 0 income tax. When compared with income tax and sales taxes its not even close.

The Honda Insight came around when gas was reasonably cheap. Name a mass produced car that does better that was on that scale out there today? Gas is a dollar more than when it was designed and released. Gas is also a dollar more than when the HF and VX were released. . .

All high gas prices do is manipulate what cars have ridiculous price tags. Cars that get only 5-6 more mpg flew off lots when it would take more than the cars lifetime to pay for the new car.

Legislation will not solve the problem either.

The answer to the problem is to let Chrysler and GMC die. If that happens then a huge chunk of the US market opens up for competition and small versatile capable car companies can step in and start making niche markets. Eventually some of them will step up and become like Aptera and some of them will have fantastic FE gassers.

As long as Chrysler and GMC limp on producing cars at a loss that suck up market share for no valid reasons that innovation is impossible.

Government activity is always the death of innovation. If our government had been around during the Captains of Industry era no one would have believed a vertical monopoly would work because they would have shut it down before it succeeded. Consequently they would have kicked the steel industry straight overseas instead of allowing it to slowly be farmed out while they meddle with it.

Government has 0 provisions for interferring in the market, and Adam Smith would tell you you're always worse off when they do. The general welfare and the specific individuals they chose to interfere with.

05-27-2009, 01:33 AM	#20 (permalink)
theunchosen Master EcoModder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Cookeville, TN Posts: 850 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 5 Posts	I oppose all taxes. period. Up until 1909 the Us government operated and did not create debt without a federal income tax. And no sales taxes are not regressive. You can't have your cake and eat it to. Sales tax is fair for everyone. Rich people pay way more in sales taxes than the average buyers because alot of the items they buy have special sales taxes. Just because its a bigger percentage of the income for the lower class individuals(not by much) they still pay less in sales tax overall than the upper class and most of the time said individuals used for any study along those lines pay 0 income tax. When compared with income tax and sales taxes its not even close. The Honda Insight came around when gas was reasonably cheap. Name a mass produced car that does better that was on that scale out there today? Gas is a dollar more than when it was designed and released. Gas is also a dollar more than when the HF and VX were released. . . All high gas prices do is manipulate what cars have ridiculous price tags. Cars that get only 5-6 more mpg flew off lots when it would take more than the cars lifetime to pay for the new car. Legislation will not solve the problem either. The answer to the problem is to let Chrysler and GMC die. If that happens then a huge chunk of the US market opens up for competition and small versatile capable car companies can step in and start making niche markets. Eventually some of them will step up and become like Aptera and some of them will have fantastic FE gassers. As long as Chrysler and GMC limp on producing cars at a loss that suck up market share for no valid reasons that innovation is impossible. Government activity is always the death of innovation. If our government had been around during the Captains of Industry era no one would have believed a vertical monopoly would work because they would have shut it down before it succeeded. Consequently they would have kicked the steel industry straight overseas instead of allowing it to slowly be farmed out while they meddle with it. Government has 0 provisions for interferring in the market, and Adam Smith would tell you you're always worse off when they do. The general welfare and the specific individuals they chose to interfere with.