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Old 05-22-2013, 08:10 AM  
Slappin Fish
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Originally Posted by dyna mo View Post
my point is there is an income tax there, in some cases, more than the u.s. besides, it's not really a shiny beacon of modern-day infrastructure there, from what i've read. what ~500 miles of highways tota, for examplel.
The lack of highways has more to do with the clusterfuck that is land expropriation

Progressive sales tax and flat income tax is the way to go. Although you can't fully compare an island state like Singapore to the US taxing "lifestyle" rather than income makes a lot of sense.







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