From: sharx35@hotmail.com   
      
   "Alan Bowler"  wrote in message   
   news:hnod2d$dcl$1@news.eternal-september.org...   
   > On 3/15/2010 9:14 PM, Canuck57 wrote:   
   >> Governments want to shift taxation to sales taxes anyway.   
   >   
   > It is not entirely clear that all governments want this.   
   > Shifting from progressive income taxes to consumption (sales)   
   > taxes is however one of the key tenets of so-called   
   > "conservative" economic theory.  It is supposed to encourage   
   > more saving and investment.   
   >   
   > The "left-wing" is more likely to argue that it is   
   > just a way to shift the tax burden off the richest   
   > to the lower income earners.   
      
   As a family that refuses to make shopping a recreation, I would welcome   
   taxing spending instead of the usual municipal tax on property. Even a   
   municipal income tax is better than property tax as the ONLY way I can avoid   
   property tax is to live in a cave.   
      
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