Companies that pollute should be taxed so that a product's cost to society is reflected in the price of that product.
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Corporations must pay tax.
We ought, therefore, to lessen the price of food to our manufacturers, and place them more on a level with the manufacturers who have cheaper food, and also much lighter taxation.
When liberals advocate a value-added tax, conservatives should respond: Taxing consumption has merits, so we will consider it - after the 16th Amendment is repealed.
Everybody should pay some tax, just as everybody should vote.
The Tort Tax adds to the cost of everything we buy because businesses and manufacturers have to cover themselves and their employees - just in case they get sued by a greedy personal injury lawyer.
And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.
For the U.S., I think we should have a carbon tax, for environmental reasons.
Corporate tax dodging impacts us across generations and over time. It is corrosive. It is unethical. It is unsustainable.
You can tax the rich all you want. The problem is there aren't enough of the rich.
Tax should be the same for everybody.