-[ Quoting William Elliot , to Dennis Menard ]-
 DM> for example, I will be "letting go" ... at which point my employer will
 DM> have to cope the best it can.  :)
 WE> So you are going to just rest on your laurels? -)
You're assuming I  laurels.  It's too cold up here to grow them; in
20 years, maybe.  :)  I like to travel and I like to read ... both take some
time to do properly.
 DM> Why don't governments tax expenditures instead of incomes?  Seriously.
 WE> This is the most elegant description of sales tax I've ever seen.
Not exactly.  I mean,  taxing of expenditures to replace what an
income tax provides today.  Those "with" money, "spend" money ... thus, they
pay more; those with "less" money, spend "less" ... thus, they pay less.  If
there are no loopholes for anyone to avoid paying when you buy, would it not
be a workable system?  There would have to be something similar for those
who spend outside the country, as well, and some method of excluding the non
citizen ... but, as a general idea?  I know the idea is not unique.
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... Call it a hunch. (Quasimodo)
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