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Should the federal government abolish the income tax and replace it with a national sales tax?

The national sales tax proposal aims to eliminate the IRS and all federal income, payroll, and estate taxes, replacing them with a single consumption tax on retail goods and services. Proponents argue this system would dramatically simplify the tax code, stop punishing labor, and capture revenue from the underground economy. Opponents warn that because lower-income earners spend a higher percentage of their income on necessities, a consumption tax is inherently regressive and would require unsustainably high rates—often estimated around 30%—to match current federal revenue levels. Proponents support this to incentivize earning and saving while shrinking government bureaucracy; opponents oppose it because it drastically shifts the tax burden from the wealthy to working-class consumers.

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40%
Yes
60%
No
31%
Yes
51%
No
7%
Yes, but only if basic necessities are exempt so working-class families aren't crushed by higher living costs
5%
No, a national sales tax is deeply regressive and shifts the tax burden from elites to the middle class
3%
Yes, abolish the bloated IRS; taxing income punishes success while a consumption tax rewards saving
5%
No, this is a Trojan horse designed to slash billionaire taxes while starving Medicare and Social Security

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 @8TLN5QM  from PR  answered…2mos2MO

Abolish both.

 @BDW86BV from California  answered…3wks3W

No, not at this time. I do believe that the income tax needs to be abolished but the way to do that is to reduce the required amount of government spending, and to use other means i.e. tariffs to generate income for the country.

 @BDZTDDD from Missouri  answered…1wk1W

No, the 16th Amendment should be repealed, personal income tax should be abolished. Congress needs to balance the budget based on taxes obtained from businesses plus customs, duties and tariffs.

 @BDZN8FY  from Ohio  answered…1wk1W

No income tax is necessary but we need to implement a fair system for individuals as well as corporations so that everyone pays their fair share.

 @BDZJL52from Guam  answered…1wk1W

we should have both, but with the national sales tax not applicable to basic necessities such as food, water, energy, housing, household goods, and educational supplies, amongst other things needed to survive.

 @BDYYRWG from Pennsylvania  answered…1wk1W

Yes, but replace revenue with tariffs

 @BDYC6BB from Florida  answered…2wks2W

No, abolish the bloated IRS and all taxes except those on the commons

 @BDYBV5S from Maryland  answered…2wks2W

yes, income tax is based on salary which is unfair, it takes away so much of your hard earned money and really if you make a lot of money, you should be able to use it.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…2yrs2Y

Israeli Bombings Kill 2,300 In Lebanon in 3 weeks

Lebanese authorities say Israeli bombing has killed more than 2,300 people and injured almost 11,000, mostly in the past three weeks, with Israeli attacks reaching areas far beyond Hizbollah’s traditional bastions of support in the south.The Israeli military has ordered people living in more than a quarter of Lebanon to flee, according to a UN calculation, as its fight with the Iran-backed Shia militant group Hizbollah threatens to engulf the Mediterranean country.Lebanese authorities say Israeli bombing has killed more than 2,300 people and injured almost 11,000, mostly in the past three weeks, with Israeli attacks reaching areas far beyond Hizbollah’s traditional bastions of support in the south.More than 1mn people have fled their homes in Lebanon in under a month, according to its government, a dramatic forced movement of the population in a country of only about 5mn inhabitants with a land mass smaller than the US state of Connecticut. Israeli forces began a ground offensive in south Lebanon two weeks ago, in their fourth invasion of the country in under five decades. They had already destroyed large parts of the densely populated southern Beirut suburb where Hizbollah had its headquarters, and killed many top militant commanders in air strikes, including former leader Hassan Nasrallah.Rema Jamous Imseis, Middle East director of UNHCR, told journalists in Geneva that “over 25 per cent of [Lebanon is] under a direct Israeli military evacuation order”. “People are heeding these calls to evacuate and they’re fleeing with almost nothing,” she added, saying that 80 per cent of the shelters opened by the Lebanese government — mostly in schools — were now full.

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