Comments on: Get Ready for the Value Added Tax http://lonelyconservative.com/2009/06/get-ready-for-the-value-added-tax/ Observations from a conservative in a blue state. With a little help from my friends! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:10:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Guinaughhttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/06/get-ready-for-the-value-added-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-9574 Robert Guinaugh Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:12:11 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=7282#comment-9574 When I read a similar article in today's WSJ about the likelihood of a VAT tax around the corner, it almost came off as a teaser to get a read on how the press and readers would react. There has never been any doubt that the Obama administration will eventually get to some serious taxing legislation. But, by next year the citizenry will be sufficiently beaten down with all the non-stope "hope and change" taking place. What I am most concerned about however, is that a VAT tax will not be enough to satiate the federal government's zeal for spending money. When Obama's administration turns its gaze upon the social security debacle, the possibility of seeing the feds confiscating all the 401Ks to deposit in a retirement account controlled by the feds will not be too far fetched. Such a scenario may never have seemed possible a year ago but after the last few months, it doesn't look nearly as impossible. When I read a similar article in today’s WSJ about the likelihood of a VAT tax around the corner, it almost came off as a teaser to get a read on how the press and readers would react. There has never been any doubt that the Obama administration will eventually get to some serious taxing legislation. But, by next year the citizenry will be sufficiently beaten down with all the non-stope “hope and change” taking place. What I am most concerned about however, is that a VAT tax will not be enough to satiate the federal government’s zeal for spending money. When Obama’s administration turns its gaze upon the social security debacle, the possibility of seeing the feds confiscating all the 401Ks to deposit in a retirement account controlled by the feds will not be too far fetched. Such a scenario may never have seemed possible a year ago but after the last few months, it doesn’t look nearly as impossible.

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]]> By: MatrixSurferhttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/06/get-ready-for-the-value-added-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-9572 MatrixSurfer Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:46:17 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=7282#comment-9572 The key to imposing new taxes and remaining "popular" is core to your point - it must be hidden or veiled. For instance, I took to calculating my Qwest landline bill - 57% was taxes. I dropped it, but most people just write a check. We won't see all these taxes, we'll just be poorer at the end of the year and wonder why. And let's not even talk about those cap and trade taxes coming...oye The key to imposing new taxes and remaining “popular” is core to your point – it must be hidden or veiled. For instance, I took to calculating my Qwest landline bill – 57% was taxes. I dropped it, but most people just write a check. We won’t see all these taxes, we’ll just be poorer at the end of the year and wonder why. And let’s not even talk about those cap and trade taxes coming…oye

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]]> By: Sam Adamshttp://lonelyconservative.com/2009/06/get-ready-for-the-value-added-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-9568 Sam Adams Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:45:32 +0000 http://www.lonelyconservative.com/?p=7282#comment-9568 Be prepared for peeps to STOP SHOPPING (= lost jobs) and the birth of a vibrant black market. This only makes China stonger. Hey! Isn't Manchuria in China....Hmmmmm. Makes one wonder doesn't it? Be prepared for peeps to STOP SHOPPING (= lost jobs) and the birth of a vibrant black market.

This only makes China stonger.

Hey! Isn’t Manchuria in China….Hmmmmm.
Makes one wonder doesn’t it?

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