re: #549 harpsicon

Also, for the first time in this country there is serious talk of a national sales tax, probably a VAT.

I haven’t heard any serious talk about a VAT but, frankly, I would be in favor of one over payroll taxes. It is a consumption tax and thus the rich pay more but only on the things they choose to buy. If you buy a big-ass house, you pay a lot in tax, you rent, you don’t.

It won’t happen but it’s worth thinking about.