17 Jun 09 07:02, TOM WALKER wrote to BOB KLAHN:

[Proposal]

 BK>> BK>> Nope, you didn't think it through. Jeff Binkley has posted
 BK>> BK>> extensively on a sales tax as a replacement for the
income tax.

[Sales Tax replaces Payroll Deductions for SS]

 BK>> BK>> All the benefits accrue to replacing payroll taxes
with a sales
 BK>> BK>> tax, but the down side doesn't.

 BK>> TW> Is not YOUR statement above implying that Social Security
 BK>> TW> is being paid out of Sales TAXES now???

It's a proposal, not actual.

 BK>> No, Social Security is being paid out of payroll taxes. The
 BK>> payroll taxes become part of the sale price, but they are not
 BK>> sales taxes.

 TW> TRAD your Quote again. The First Sentance qupoted above PLAINLY says.
 TW> "Social Security is Included in the PRICE of the PRODUCT"

Yes, in the proposed Sales Tax (which would replace Payroll Deduction)

 TW> And then You ramble on about it being also INCLUDED in the PRICE of
 TW> Imported PRODUCTS.

Yes.

 TW> IT states NOTHING about "Payroll Deductions"

Read it again. Klahn likes to confuse you into thinking something is
actual when it isn't. Yet.

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