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[+] Bulletins... - Robert Franco/OH (2 replies)
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[+] ARROW ABSTRACT OF NEW YORK, INC. - Scott Perry/PA (5 replies)
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[+] nXt Generation Title Services, LLC - Dan Zook/NY (11 replies)
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[+] mortgage fraud - Sheila Sten/PA (4 replies)
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[-] Off the beaten path - AbstractorWatchdog com/NY (34 replies)
2/3/2009 10:36:52 PM (3206 views)
Re: Off the beaten path - STEVE MEINECKE/TN
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Re: Off the beaten path - Patrick Scott/IL
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Re: Off the beaten path - Scott Perry/PA
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Re: Off the beaten path - Robert Franco/OH
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Re: Off the beaten path - Kevin Ahern/CT
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Re: Off the beaten path - Scott Perry/PA
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Re: Off the beaten path - Clanci Nelson/OH
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Re: Off the beaten path - Scott Perry/PA
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Re: Off the beaten path - Robert Franco/OH
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Re: Off the beaten path - Scott Perry/PA
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Re: Off the beaten path - Robert Franco/OH
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Re: Off the beaten path - Scott Perry/PA
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Still makes no sense.... - Robert Franco/OH
2/9/2009 1:09:11 PM (3135 views)
Re: Still makes no sense.... - Scott Perry/PA
2/10/2009 3:26:30 AM (2906 views)
Re: Still makes no sense.... - Robert Franco/OH
2/10/2009 9:59:16 AM (2899 views)
Re: Still makes no sense.... - Debbie Thibodeaux/LA
2/11/2009 1:07:54 PM (2844 views)
Re: Still makes no sense.... - Robert Franco/OH
2/11/2009 1:43:23 PM (2821 views)
Re: Still makes no sense.... - Kevin Ahern/CT
2/11/2009 4:48:23 PM (2852 views)
Re: Still makes no sense.... - Robert Franco/OH
2/12/2009 12:46:38 AM (2783 views)
Re: Still makes no sense.... - Douglas Gallant/OH
2/11/2009 5:06:23 PM (2837 views)

Robert,

I look forward to hearing what your friend comes up with on her thesis.  It is a darn complicated issue.  We of course have a blended system of consumption and income tax now.  The Fair Tax position seems to almost ignore the state and local income and consumption taxes.  It would also cause a big problem with tax free municipal bonds, causing higher costs for local schools, roads, etc., necessitating higher local tax rates.

I quite agree with your argument that initiating a federal sales tax would not eliminate the federal income tax.  I was in England in 1980 or 81, when Margaret Thatcher introduced the VAT tax as a replacement for the income tax.  They now have both.

I was reminded of a quote from Jean Baptiste Colbert (Finance Minister under Louis XIV) while reading this thread.  "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing".

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As I Was Saying... - Scott Perry/PA
2/16/2009 12:14:21 AM (2824 views)
Re: As I Was Saying... - Robert Franco/OH
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Re: Commercial Activity Tax... - Robert Franco/OH
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Re: Off the beaten path - Clanci Nelson/OH
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Re: Off the beaten path - Kevin Ahern/CT
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Re: Off the beaten path - Robert Franco/OH
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Re: Off the beaten path - Kevin Ahern/CT
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Re: Off the beaten path - Robert Franco/OH
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Re: Off the beaten path - Kevin Ahern/CT
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Re: Off the beaten path - Scott Perry/PA
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Re: Off the beaten path - Kevin Ahern/CT
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Re: Off the beaten path - Barbara Bennett/IN
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Re: Off the beaten path - Kevin Ahern/CT
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Re: Off the beaten path - Clanci Nelson/OH
2/5/2009 4:25:01 PM (3041 views)

[+] reporting non-paying title companies to the underwriters - Michael Lanin/KY (7 replies)
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Title Assurance & Indemnity Corp. of NA Cleveland, OH - MIchael Lanin/KY
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[+] The Law Firm of Crystal Lowery - Edward Huguenin/SC (4 replies)
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[+] What is considered slow pay? - no name/MI (2 replies)
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[+] Probate Question - Helene /GA (7 replies)
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[+] Preview of Coming Attractions? - Scott Perry/PA (11 replies)
1/29/2009 10:53:59 PM (4637 views)


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