Gulch Live: GOP Debate #2

Posted by GaltsGulch 10 years ago to The Gulch: Live
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During the debate, 6PM - 9PM ET, please participate in the real-time conversation on the Gulch Activity Feed: http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/activ...

HOW IT WORKS:
1. At 6PM ET, go to the Gulch Activity feed: http://www.galtsgulchonline.com/activ...
2. At the top, you'll see a "Gulch Live" box.
3. Type your comment, submit, and poof, your comment will be automatically injected into the stream - along with everyone else's comments as well.

NOTE
- For the best experience, post your comments in the Activity Feed. If you post your comments here, you'll not see the live stream responses and things might get a little confusing.
- When addressing someone on the feed, consider using @membername to address them directly or no one will no who you're talking to.
- All comments submitted to the feed will automatically be added to this post.


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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    The problem with the Fair Tax is that in order to make it work, the 16th amendment has to be repealed, which is some heavy lifting. Then there are the opportunity for fraud with the "prebates", so it could turn out to be as complicated as our current tax system. Two ways would probably work better: Rand Paul's flat tax idea, which doesn't require getting rid of the 16th (his details look good, and would actually put more cash in the hands of lower income people without waiting for earned income tax "rebates"); getting rid of the IRS and having the states obligated to send a per capita tax revenue share to the Federal government for services (state income tax), letting the states decide how to collect the necessary money.
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  • Posted by JohnConnor352 10 years ago in reply to this comment.
    The plan is NOT a VAT, but quite the opposite. A VAT adds a small tax to every step along a product's production. The national Sales Tax sets a single inclusive final retail sales tax on only new items.

    But regardless of if it "stays" only the NST, it's a far preferable way of taxing. The closest I've seen to a voluntary tax. Even if we end up, 50 years later, with a half NST and half Income Tax, it's still better than what we have now, which is ALL income tax.
    The arguments that we would end up having more tax burden overall is bunk, because a sales tax is far more visible and it would be harder to raise. Also, juat because there are more types of taxes does not mean, on its own, that increasing their rates would be easier.

    The FairTax is the best tax plan I've heard proposed.
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  • Posted by Technocracy 10 years ago
    Its over

    Its been an interesting evening here with you all
    Far more interesting content here than on the tv thats for sure
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  • Posted by freedomforall 10 years ago
    Carly is just a salesperson. that's all. She sold HP on herself and failed to perform. Its snakeoil. She says what she thinks you want her to say, but she only wants power. She is just like what we have had against us for 50+ years. I don't want any more of the same.
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  • Posted by CECorpus 10 years ago
    Hmmmmm. A Christie presidency won't be about Christie? Then why start out calling it a Christie presidency
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  • Posted by Eudaimonia 10 years ago
    Hey, Kasich, the operatives of the Communist Party USA who run the political front group known as the Democrat Party don't give a damn about uniting the people.
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  • Posted by avati 10 years ago
    I like Carly, but she does not understand religious liberty
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  • Posted by Zenphamy 10 years ago
    @Eud; I agree, but individual freedom above all. I know I won't see that, but that's my yard stick.
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  • Posted by Zenphamy 10 years ago
    @CE, No, but I check reality. He was popular and likable, but his nonsense in Columbia was a crime. His granting of Amnesty was a really dumb thing to do. Quite a bit else, but this isn't the forum. I want a President that is committed to individual freedom and rights.
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