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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by thret on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @09:45PM (#23162522)
That's why basic, necessary goods are not taxed, only luxury items. We have a GST in Australia and poor people effectively do not pay any tax on purchases.
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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by thebean11 on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @10:12PM (#23162687)
The definition of basic, necessary goods is extremely narrow in the US. Poor people still pay plenty of sales tax.
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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by Splendor on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @10:55AM (#23235531)
Unfortunately that's not the case everywhere. I live in a state in the US where even groceries have sales tax.
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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by freedomben on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @10:28PM (#23162780)
Most sales tax proposals I've seen will exempt food and other "necessities" for exactly this reason. With how complex income taxes are, I'd love to get a serious discussion going about a sales ax replacing it.
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Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever by devdas on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @01:57PM (#23169656)
Or a wealth tax.
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