tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post5598081634032402638..comments2023-10-29T05:29:58.599-04:00Comments on Right-Side-of-Lowell: Who Pays Taxes?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-9078485043608050602012-01-13T14:34:57.280-05:002012-01-13T14:34:57.280-05:00I often get stymied in trying to explain the advan...I often get stymied in trying to explain the advantages of "value added tax" to conservatives here, who equate the whole thing with liberal European governments and thus refuse to consider that the most regressive business tax is the sales tax, which leaves the retailer holding the entire bag. (The customer paying the total amount either way, as you so importantly point out). A VAT levy correctly distributes the corporate tax burden across the supply chain, instead of unfairly at its very end. We end up paying the full tab for our government either way.Craig Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824029248081902170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-56789903939892636132012-01-13T12:30:16.833-05:002012-01-13T12:30:16.833-05:00I didn't mean to advocate not having taxes don...I didn't mean to advocate not having taxes done by taxing corporations, but I do mean for citizens to be aware that, in the end, it is the citizens who are paying those taxes. My wife said to me this AM that Jos A Bank is having a sale. I don't believe that. I just think their inflated prices are down for a while. Time to purchase a couple of shirts.<br /><br />A long time ago there was a great <i>New Yorker</i> cartoon, showing a father and son outside a store with a "Going Out of Business" sign. The father, with his hand on his son's shoulder, is saying, "Someday, son, all of this will be yours."<br /><br />I don't propose cynicism, but I do advocate asking the next question.<br /><br />Regards — CliffC R Kriegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10563658418464959198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3046628493283608233.post-60329484911130034322012-01-13T12:18:00.126-05:002012-01-13T12:18:00.126-05:00Corporations not being citizens, and often foreign...Corporations not being citizens, and often foreign in origin--the failure to tax earnings would in many cases simply simplify the looting of our economy by foreigners who would be only too happy not to have to pay for the privilege of all the great infrastructure and legal protections they enjoy here. The pass-through effect of corporate taxes is an important concept for citizens to understand, however eliminating corporate taxes isn't as simple as you'd like to make it sound here.Craig Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09824029248081902170noreply@blogger.com