Taxes

Dear America,

I have a question.

How are you able to gain revenue for your country, and reduce your deficit without a national sales tax, for everyone?

Being Canadian, this is something, I don’t understand. We of course, pay a national sales tax, and a provincial sales tax. Both of which I have no issue paying. Our national sales tax is the exact same for everyone. But in America any tax is looked at as Satan.

I’m missing something.

Thank you for your time,

Casey

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tragos said: The short answer is: we are just plain crazy.
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whatwouldthecommunitythink said: Sales tax is much more of a burden on the poor, though. I simply would not be able to buy as much stuff (necessary or not) if it went too much higher than it already is (9.25% in my state)
booksinthekitchen said: An increasingly major reason I like living here (though Alberta needs a PST, pronto).
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half-pint said: I live here and I don’t get it.
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thebronzemedal said: Sales taxes are problematic, because although not strictly “regressive”, they in practice often unfairly burden the poor, who spend a much higher percentage of their income on goods subject to the tax.
monsterbeard said: I think the primary argument would be that a sales tax (unlike income tax, I guess?) falls outside the jurisdiction of the federal government per the Constitution, which gives states the right instead. But we have multiple levels of sales tax as well
the-beauty-in-brutality said: people are reluctant to do something that would injure livelihood, besides, most are financially unable and work off the books. As a country based on rebellion due to tax on goods, it was somehow bred into them, the defiance i mean
coldshowerswarmhands said: Though I see your point, we do pay other federal taxes - income, payroll, excise (alcohol, gas, etc), customs, that generate a lot of revenue. I suspect many people are misguided into despising taxation because of the foundations of our country.
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aubade said: There isn’t a way to do it, but people refuse to admit it. By now the taxes thing has become the equivalent of brainwashing. What it boils down to is that people are greedy and shortsighted and only care about themselves.
aliceinthewater said: No, you aren’t. If you tell an American you are going to raise his taxes he will look at you like you are an alien.
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