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Old 02-05-2009, 01:27 PM  
Snake Doctor
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Originally Posted by gideongallery View Post
sorry to point out the flaws in your arguement.


unfortunately it happens to be true

sales taxes are recessive, they punish people with lower incomes more because they spend a greater portion of their income.
Actually I think the word you're looking for is "regressive"

Besides, they're not punishing people with lower incomes, they're just "time-shifting" their future, higher incomes to the present day.
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