[lbo-talk] Progressive taxation vs flat tax

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Aug 5 21:12:49 PDT 2004


Bill Bartlett wrote:


>Yes, I'm serious. You say the merchant remits the sales tax to the
>government. How can you interpret this as other than the merchant
>paying sales tax?

Because I paid the fucking merchant! I pay retail plus tax, the merchant pays wholesale, overhead, and tax, and keeps a profit. Is the merchant the origin of the wholesaler's revenue, or is s/he just an intermediary for me?

Doug



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