Excellent commentary...
No...the main issue here is that nothing is going to meaningfully change ...unless things are really changed...
Albeit that the US may have the best governmental system in the world currently ...does not mean that it cannot be vastly improved...
If one is pleased with special interest groups and oligopolists controlling tax money flow movements by all means do not change the system...
The USA could be the first country to further improve its democracy by adopting an Internet based government whereby the US population has far more input than it has today....
Furthermore power needs to be taken away from a handful of priviledged people who carry their cronies against the face of the public interest....
There is absolutely no question that both Cheney and Bush were aware of much higher oil prices to come because of their forced actions in Iraq...There was absolutely no mention of this to the public in any form whatsoever....
Furthermore if the public had in depth biographies of both Bush and Cheney there would be no question that neither would be in office today...
The US needs to get out of the position of always having to choose between two people...and should never allocate the kind of power that the people have in office today...
Both the tax system and the government system can be more simplified....reduced in size and influence...and fall in place to serve its public such that the public truly does live in a truer form of democracy....
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There is no doubt that a consumption tax offers society the most liberties...The excellent points made on this thread point towards issues such as categorization of what is a consumption good...However this is not an impossible impasse...and should be resolved because of the freedoms that the new structure would bring....and the much needed positive economics...
What is clear is that it is possible to make legal changes in both the US government and the tax system that will make the US more competitive versus the worlds total economy...
What is clear is that an increase in public freedom and an improvement in economic competitiveness are worth facing the problems of bringing them about...
What is not clear is how to enforce and effect these changes in the face of the current and failing system...
Remember that it is far more intelligent to keep fires from happening rather than reacting to a fire already taking place....
Also you can lose a lot of money with outright dishonest people...or lose a lot of money with stupid honest people...You lose the money either way....
No...the main issue here is that nothing is going to meaningfully change ...unless things are really changed...
Albeit that the US may have the best governmental system in the world currently ...does not mean that it cannot be vastly improved...
If one is pleased with special interest groups and oligopolists controlling tax money flow movements by all means do not change the system...
The USA could be the first country to further improve its democracy by adopting an Internet based government whereby the US population has far more input than it has today....
Furthermore power needs to be taken away from a handful of priviledged people who carry their cronies against the face of the public interest....
There is absolutely no question that both Cheney and Bush were aware of much higher oil prices to come because of their forced actions in Iraq...There was absolutely no mention of this to the public in any form whatsoever....
Furthermore if the public had in depth biographies of both Bush and Cheney there would be no question that neither would be in office today...
The US needs to get out of the position of always having to choose between two people...and should never allocate the kind of power that the people have in office today...
Both the tax system and the government system can be more simplified....reduced in size and influence...and fall in place to serve its public such that the public truly does live in a truer form of democracy....
......................................................................................
There is no doubt that a consumption tax offers society the most liberties...The excellent points made on this thread point towards issues such as categorization of what is a consumption good...However this is not an impossible impasse...and should be resolved because of the freedoms that the new structure would bring....and the much needed positive economics...
What is clear is that it is possible to make legal changes in both the US government and the tax system that will make the US more competitive versus the worlds total economy...
What is clear is that an increase in public freedom and an improvement in economic competitiveness are worth facing the problems of bringing them about...
What is not clear is how to enforce and effect these changes in the face of the current and failing system...
Remember that it is far more intelligent to keep fires from happening rather than reacting to a fire already taking place....
Also you can lose a lot of money with outright dishonest people...or lose a lot of money with stupid honest people...You lose the money either way....