The Coming National Sales Tax

[Guest guest]

Here’s another example of a long-time plan to use the

new National ID Card/Internal Passport for a national

sales tax being presented as an idea that is just

being mulled over.

According to Alex Jones, an expert on the New World

Order, the sales tax will be used as an excuse to

force us to swipe our ID card each time we buy

anything. This card will be linked to a database of

person’s who cannot buy or who have warrants out for

their arrest. Without the card, you will not be able

to buy anything.

It’s sickening the way we are being conned into all of

this. Little step by little step until we are at the

edge of a cliff. If you want to start seeing the big

picture, go to http://www.infowars.com Each major

change is introduced gradually with the final

objective hidden. There is always some reasonable

excuse being used to get us to give up our freedoms.

“We have to scan the card because people who make less

pay a smaller tax. We have to be fair.”

 

These decisions are a done-deal, and there is no

question of whether or not they will be implemented.

There is no concern for the opinion of the voters. The

changes are taking place globally with the ultimate

goal to have a global tax and a global ID card.

 

 

“Presidential commission considers national sales tax”

February 17, 2005

 

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/krwashington/news/columnists/ron_hutcheson/10916861\

..htm

Presidential commission weighs national sales tax

 

By Ron Hutcheson

 

Knight Ridder Newspapers

 

WASHINGTON - The presidential commission on tax

overhaul is considering a proposal to add a national

sales tax or some similar levy to the federal

income-tax system.

 

The two-tier tax plan was one of several ideas floated

at the commission's first meeting Wednesday, but panel

members stressed that it's far too early to reach any

decisions. The nine-member commission has until July

31 to deliver recommendations to the White House.

 

Any tax-law changes as sweeping as those under review

would affect every economic interest group in America,

shift trillions of dollars within the economy and be

the object of intense lobbying in Washington before

Congress works its will.

 

Republicans in Congress also are weighing possible

tax-law changes as complements to their goal of

overhauling Social Security, but they have no firm

plan yet and no timetable. It's unclear how much

they'll coordinate with President Bush's tax

commission.

 

 

Tax-panel members said they would examine a broad

range of options, including scrapping the income tax

and replacing it with a national sales tax or some

other type of tax on consumption. Grafting a sales tax

onto the income tax would create a hybrid system.

Consumers would pay federal taxes when they bought

something and when they filed their annual income-tax

returns.

 

A new federal sales tax presumably would lead to lower

income-tax rates because Bush has insisted that tax

overhaul mustn't result in any net tax increase.

 

" The president's committed to major tax reform, to

real tax reform, " Treasury Secretary John Snow told

the commission. " I know it isn't easy. There are few

things more complex than trying to improve tax

policy. "

 

The commission's first meeting underscored just how

hard it will be. Tax expert Fred Goldberg, a former

Internal Revenue Service commissioner, urged the panel

to focus on improving the system rather than scrapping

it.

 

" The notion that we're going to get rid of what we

have and start over is a waste of time, " he said.

" That doesn't preclude you from doing radical reform. "

 

Goldberg and other tax experts essentially gave the

panel three options: Simplify the current system, move

toward a consumption tax or seek a middle ground

between the two.

 

While the current system taxes income, a consumption

tax targets only the money that consumers and

businesses spend. Income that's used for savings and

investment wouldn't be taxed. The most common

consumption taxes are sales taxes and value-added

taxes. Several European countries use a combination of

VAT and income taxes.

 

The current federal income-tax system is already

something of a hybrid because some tax breaks shield

income that's used for savings and investment. For

example, money that's put into individual retirement

accounts isn't taxed until it's withdrawn, usually

years later.

 

Several commission members expressed interest in

proposals that would encourage more savings and

investment, which economists consider crucial for

economic growth. Options include lifting the limits

that phase out IRA tax breaks for wealthier people or

creating tax-deferred savings accounts.

 

Former Democratic Sen. John Breaux of Louisiana, the

commission's vice chairman, signaled that he's leaning

toward proposals that combine elements of an income

tax and a consumption tax. He didn't elaborate.

 

" I'm not looking at it as either-or. I'm looking at it

as some kind of combo, " Breaux said. " Going all in one

direction or all in another direction is probably,

from my perspective, not the best way to approach it. "

 

Former Republican Sen. Connie Mack of Florida, the

commission's chairman, said he wanted to avoid any

hint of his leanings. He said the commission would

focus on problems with the current system before

discussing possible alternatives in any detail.

 

" There is nearly universal agreement that we must

reform the tax system, " Mack said. " The tax code is a

complex and cluttered mess. "

 

Still, the outlook for tax overhaul is far from

certain. Any attempt at major change could lead to a

free-for-all in Congress as lawmakers and lobbyists

try to protect cherished tax breaks.

 

" You're going to have to gore somebody's ox, " William

Gale, a tax expert at the Brookings Institution, a

center-left research center, told the panel.

" Everybody wants a simpler tax system, but every year

the tax system gets more complicated. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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