(03-06-2023, 04:17 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote:

(03-06-2023, 04:08 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: I think the problem with any income tax is that people argue about what is income.  Is it gross income or net income?  What expenses are we allowed to deduct from gross income to reach taxable income?  and on and on and on.  It's the same problem we have with the tax code now- thousands of pages of tax code are all about defining what is "income."  

I think the most equitable tax would be a consumption tax.

You are right.  And I should know this from my career with an electric utility.  Even tho they do manage to slip some 'fees, surcharges, etc' that are not linked to consumption in to bolster revenue.  Makes you wonder tho how far the government would go to find consumables to tax you on.