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Old 06-14-2007
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Re: Economic theory and politics.

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Originally Posted by danielpalos View Post
What is the opinion, of a general sales tax that is based on individual transactions? In the example of electronic transactions, a market friendly transaction fee could be included as a form tax. Hypothetically (I haven't crunched any numbers.) that form of taxation could be less than one cent per transaction.

Ideally, other forms of direct taxation could be reduced, to the extent revenue is offset by a transaction based revenue model.
Ideally, that would happen. Realistically, when has a change in the structure of taxation ever resulted in less taxation? The odds are always with the house.
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