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Old 10-21-2007
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Re: NAFTA: Terrorism against the People

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Originally Posted by Evil_inKarlate View Post
The negative tax implications you cite are simply a matter of poor policy and/or planning. The income tax should be replaced by taxes on imports, consumption, and/or borrowing. Or given that bureucratic inertia and other factors pretty much preclude such changes, one could increase tariffs and taxes on corporations and/or dividends.
Wouldn't import taxation be a from of protectionism and by its very nature be the antithesis of free trade. Further a tax on borrowing is a tax on saving and that doesn’t make sense given the tendency for capital to positively affect productivity.
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