alt Hacker NewsMost economists agree that sales taxes are the fairest because they are always proportional to consumption.
Replies
IAmBroom • today at 1:43 AM
Citation required.
The economists I've read disagree strongly.
Most economists agree that sales taxes are the fairest because they are always proportional to consumption.
Citation required.
The economists I've read disagree strongly.
I don't get it - what about "taxing consumption" makes it "fair"? Poor people aren't poor because they spend more money than others. They are poor because they don't have enough money to live a "decent" life (assume a middle-class lifestyle) or to even save it. Right?