re: Baws, as of 1/1/25 your Netflix subscription will be subject to sales tax

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You don’t know if you are paying less, and if you are it’s probably not a meaningful amount

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You don't know if i am paying more, and if i am, it's probably not a meaningful amount.

You see, with your rock steady conviction on this matter, i can make the same ineffective argument.

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“I netted a $100 tax savings, but more low income residents in my state are on government assistance” are you really better off?

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I should be getting much more than $100 in savings. And are you seriously arguing that by replacing .5% of state income tax, with .5% raise in sales tax is going to render more people onto government assistance?

Your arguments are laughable because there is no logic, only emotion and exaggerations, as well as those confident words such as "maybe" and "probably".

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Well, they actually wrote about it. You can read about it. The foresight from our founders about government overreach is well beyond anything you may be able to contemplate.

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Again, conflating totally different things. They also wrote about owning other people. What’s your point?

How could they have written about the contrast of an income tax as opposed to sales tax primary taxing system when neither existed?

Mingo said this

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If you buy the same exact goods next year as you bought this year, you will, in fact, pay more.

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to which you responded

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I have a feeling you're going to be embarrassingly wrong on this

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so yes. You did say something of the sort.

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Increasing inflation increases tax burden regardless. His point is nonsensical.

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you’re not wrong about Inflation increasing your tax burden, but his point still has merit. During periods of inflation, a tax system based on consumption increases your tax burden at a faster rate than one based on overall income. Which was Mingo’s point.

If you’re still struggling to understand this you can come down to my CPA office and I can explain it to you in person with examples. I won’t even bill you for my time. Holidays have me feeling generous

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frick that slimy cocksucker.

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I'm glad to see this one renewed.

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Wait......isn't that the dude who promised tax cuts for the Louisiana people?

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in fairness, jeff landry isnt very smart. to his credit he hired richard nelson (who is very smart) to develop his tax plan. and then...not to his credit, he allowed pork fat legislators and scumbag lobbyists to make a plan that is worse than the one they tried to fix

and if you didnt see that coming you need your eyes checked

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I’m billing double to make up for my increased tax burden

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Maybe you should be smarter about your spending habits then?

Nah, who am i kidding. Just tax everyone more via income tax so you don't have to be bothered with silly things like budgets, or personal responsibility.

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Just tax everyone more via income tax

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You don’t tax them more unless they make more money. The same is not true with sales tax

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You don’t tax them more unless they make more money.

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I do get taxed less if they cut the income tax rate, genius. And i, personally, can control how much i pay in taxes if i'm subject to sales tax.

Again, say it with me, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

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That's nonsense. One is voluntary and the other is not. If you don't want to pay sales taxes, you buy less.

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Well no it’s not voluntary. If I buy something I have to pay. And here in the real world it takes spending to survive.

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If you don't want to pay income taxes, you...go jobless and lose everything? Live off the government?

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Going jobless is equally as preposterous as not buying anything. Like it or not you’ll have to pay Uncle Sam.