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because the federal government does not control state taxes
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So what. Nothing forces the national conservative movement to focus on the federal level and they have. Nor does it force them to focus on estate and income tax and give far less concern (at either the state or federal level) to sales or excise taxe. 95 percent of the time conservatives talk about taxes they are talking about progressive taxes not regressive ones. They have gone out of their way to support a national sales tax, which is highly regressive, to replace the progressive income tax. |
The sales tax plans I've seen all exclude necessities such as food and have rebates for the poor. It's quite possible for a national sales tax to be progressive.
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Instead of cutting estate taxes, paid exclusively by the top two percent of wager earners, Bush could have raised the standard deduction significantly which would have benefited lower and lower middle income groups far more. He never even considered it. So why do conservatives focus so much on taxes paid at the top and focus so little on the rest of the taxes.
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You have failed to provide evidence that conservatives do this.
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How often do you hear national conservative commentators like Limbaugh talk about payroll taxes, excise taxes, sales taxes and other regressive taxes?
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All the time! If you paid attention, you would to!
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Who hear thinks that its concidental that he singles out income taxes and gives the impression that upper income groups pay a disreportinate portion of taxes which is simply not the case.
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You simply have failed to make your case.