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	<description>Replacing wealth taxes with a flat consumption tax and other political commentary...</description>
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		<title>Excuses for not Replacing Income Tax</title>
		<link>http://OptimalPortfolio.net/TaxPolicy/2008/12/23/excuses-for-not-replacing-income-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Business Objections]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Income Tax Inequities]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With $150B+ in improved economic efficiency on the table and the potential for improved quality of life and better corporate returns, why haven’t legislators funded a study to replace income/capital taxes with consumption taxes? One justification might be that a $13.8T economy would only see a 1.1% improvement in efficiency by adopting consumption taxes. Legislators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Objections</title>
		<link>http://OptimalPortfolio.net/TaxPolicy/2008/06/07/business-objections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Business may object to a consumption tax because it will increase the apparent cost of products purchased, even though consumers will have more money in their pockets as a result of simultaneously eliminating the withholding tax.
If business doesn&#8217;t rail at a consumption tax because of the apparent cost increase, they&#8217;ll certainly object to the used [...]]]></description>
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