Quote:That's not how this works!


But for real the best way to get out of poverty is to increase take home pay and learning to save. Does the production tax do any of that? A consumption tax would.

I get it, ideally you don't want the consumption or flat tax to work that way. But the reality dictates that is how it will turn out.


It's not like the underpaid don't want to save money, but it's a reality that it's very difficult to darn near impossible to save money if you're underpaid...


All your money is going out to pay the bills and support your family. That's nothing left for one to save if you're only making 40k a year and have a family of three or four.


I mean I've lived that, I know. And I'm a very frugal person just by my nature... there's no juice left to squeeze out of a rock.

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