----- Original Message ----- From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 5:17 PM Subject: Re: States Bent on Collecting Internet Taxes
> --- Tom Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In other words, shift the tax burden from the > > well-off (property > > owners) to the less-well-off (the poor, who spend a > > much higher > > percentage of their income and thus are much more > > affected by increases > > in sales tax). > > Or, of course, to shift the tax burden from investment > to consumption... Which would favor those who have a higher investment to consumption ratio. Since investments, even including net worth of houses, is extremely focused (the ratio for the mean/median household wealth is about 4 or so) it is hard for me to accept anything that would decrease the taxes paid by the wealthiest and increase the taxes paid by those with the least amount of money. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
