Vince wrote:
BAR wrote:


Flat tax is another of the ideas that sweeps economic thought
periodically. It's not the first I've lived through and it won't
be the last.

Should sales taxes be progressive?

Since flat general sales taxes are regressive its hard to do but not
impossible. You have to find those items that are essentially self
limiting by income and exempt them. Usual suggestions are food ,
clothing under certain limits etc.

putting sales tax on private school tuition, Brokerage services, legal
services and other untaxed consumption by the wealthy can also be used.


Vince


That's very appealing, but if it is to be applied on private school
tuition, it should be on the tuition rich folks pay for their kids, not
the low-end tuition the schools middle class and poorer kids attend.