tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post8045001582246064947..comments2024-01-11T07:40:01.736-05:00Comments on The Stopped Clock: The Right-Wing Push for a V.A.T. ("Consumption Tax")Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523334580402022332noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-70080244835859481602010-04-09T13:31:11.558-04:002010-04-09T13:31:11.558-04:00But the "lucky duckies" who are too poor...But the "<a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/lucky-ducky-redux/" rel="nofollow">lucky duckies</a>" who are too poor to pay income tax still need to pay their share, right? The "conservative" push for more Americans to pay income taxes as noted by Krugman is consistent with what you write, and I do think that these folks really do want a new "sock it to the working class" tax that they can later use to "justify" another round of tax cuts for the rich.Gideonnoreply@blogger.com