It would be easier than you might think. Andrew proposes funding the Freedom Dividend by consolidating some welfare programs and implementing a Value-Added Tax (VAT) of 10%. Current welfare and social program beneficiaries would be given a choice between their current benefits or $1,000 cash unconditionally – most would prefer cash with no restriction.
A Value-Added Tax (VAT) is a tax on the production of goods or services a business produces. It is a fair tax and it makes it much harder for large corporations, who are experts at hiding profits and income, to avoid paying their fair share. A VAT is nothing new. 160 out of 193 countries in the world already have a Value-Added Tax or something similar, including all of Europe which has an average VAT of 20 percent.
The means to pay for the Freedom Dividend will come from 4 sources:
1. Current spending. We currently spend between $500 and $600 billion a year on welfare programs, food stamps, disability and the like. This reduces the cost of the Freedom Dividend because people already receiving benefits would have a choice but would be ineligible to receive the full $1,000 in addition to current benefits.
Additionally, we currently spend over one trillion dollars on health care, incarceration, homelessness services and the like. We would save $100 – 200+ billion as people would take better care of themselves and avoid the emergency room, jail, and the street and would generally be more functional. The Freedom Dividend would pay for itself by helping people avoid our institutions, which is when our costs shoot up. Some studies have shown that $1 to a poor parent will result in as much as $7 in cost-savings and economic growth.
2. A VAT. Our economy is now incredibly vast at $19 trillion, up $4 trillion in the last 10 years alone. A VAT at half the European level would generate $800 billion in new revenue. A VAT will become more and more important as technology improves because you cannot collect income tax from robots or software.
3. New revenue. Putting money into the hands of American consumers would grow the economy. The Roosevelt Institute projected that the economy would grow by approximately $2.5 trillion and create 4.6 million new jobs. This would generate approximately $800 – 900 billion in new revenue from economic growth and activity.
4. Taxes on top earners and pollution. By removing the Social Security cap, implementing a financial transactions tax, and ending the favorable tax treatment for capital gains/carried interest, we can decrease financial speculation while also funding the Freedom Dividend. We can add to that a carbon fee that will be partially dedicated to funding the Freedom Dividend, making up the remaining balance required to cover the cost of this program.
A value-added tax (VAT) is a consumption tax placed on a product whenever value is added at each stage of the supply chain, from production to the point of sale.
美国这个年龄段的人口多少？
It would be easier than you might think. Andrew proposes funding the Freedom Dividend by consolidating some welfare programs and implementing a Value-Added Tax (VAT) of 10%. Current welfare and social program beneficiaries would be given a choice between their current benefits or $1,000 cash unconditionally – most would prefer cash with no restriction.
A Value-Added Tax (VAT) is a tax on the production of goods or services a business produces. It is a fair tax and it makes it much harder for large corporations, who are experts at hiding profits and income, to avoid paying their fair share. A VAT is nothing new. 160 out of 193 countries in the world already have a Value-Added Tax or something similar, including all of Europe which has an average VAT of 20 percent.
The means to pay for the Freedom Dividend will come from 4 sources:
1. Current spending. We currently spend between $500 and $600 billion a year on welfare programs, food stamps, disability and the like. This reduces the cost of the Freedom Dividend because people already receiving benefits would have a choice but would be ineligible to receive the full $1,000 in addition to current benefits.
Additionally, we currently spend over one trillion dollars on health care, incarceration, homelessness services and the like. We would save $100 – 200+ billion as people would take better care of themselves and avoid the emergency room, jail, and the street and would generally be more functional. The Freedom Dividend would pay for itself by helping people avoid our institutions, which is when our costs shoot up. Some studies have shown that $1 to a poor parent will result in as much as $7 in cost-savings and economic growth.
2. A VAT. Our economy is now incredibly vast at $19 trillion, up $4 trillion in the last 10 years alone. A VAT at half the European level would generate $800 billion in new revenue. A VAT will become more and more important as technology improves because you cannot collect income tax from robots or software.
3. New revenue. Putting money into the hands of American consumers would grow the economy. The Roosevelt Institute projected that the economy would grow by approximately $2.5 trillion and create 4.6 million new jobs. This would generate approximately $800 – 900 billion in new revenue from economic growth and activity.
4. Taxes on top earners and pollution. By removing the Social Security cap, implementing a financial transactions tax, and ending the favorable tax treatment for capital gains/carried interest, we can decrease financial speculation while also funding the Freedom Dividend. We can add to that a carbon fee that will be partially dedicated to funding the Freedom Dividend, making up the remaining balance required to cover the cost of this program.
tax consumption
有本事你们让你们家的藤娃也站出来举火炬呀，我们也坚决支持，而且保证不象你们这样打击挖苦给你们藤之花娃挑刺儿。紫檀的精英家长原来竟然这样自私自利不团结。看来AA不是没有道理的。
VAT applies to EACH & EVERY step during producing process,
it's one of the quickest way to kill an economy
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/v/valueaddedtax.asp
A value-added tax (VAT) is a consumption tax placed on a product whenever value is added at each stage of the supply chain, from production to the point of sale.
难道就因为他是个华裔，华裔没资格竞选总统，还是因为他干了这里藤娃不敢干的事情，自己脸上顿时无光？
华裔给人的印象历来就是一盘散沙，自己自顾自，对社会没有回报和追求。现在终于出来一个华裔的火炬娃，也这么往死里打击啊？
譬如生产面料的企业在卖面料给服装加工厂的时候要缴纳增值税，服装加工厂在卖给外贸出口企业的时候也要缴纳增值税，中国政府在对外贸扶持政策的情况下实行退税政策，譬如缴纳增值税17%, 对于纺织品出口实行退税11%, 这个退税率根据当年的社会经济和政治等因素以及国家是否扶持这个产业有关。
谁消费谁交税。
各有利弊。
这相当于给中上产加税。所以对中上产，那$1000等于又被拿回去了
是紫檀活生生的现实
平时就PK谁家娃上什么学校，然后看不起那些不如自家娃的家长和娃。现在上升到讽刺挖苦别人家敢站出来的火炬娃。还不是因为自己娃没能挣这个第一吗。
不信如何杨也是紫檀谁家的火炬娃，你再看看回事怎么样？
各地税务混乱，中央政府收不到税，也无法了解该收多少税。
http://bbs.wenxuecity.com/znjy/4710650.html
羊毛出在羊身上是老中的一个固定思维。
羊毛也可能出在机器上。
还让人家多打几份工想把老中累死
各有利弊，和国家的法律制度也有关。没那么多容易。