To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
New Federal Sales Tax: Funding for Citizen's Health Insurance Premiums
I support the establishment of a Federal Sales Tax not to exceed 1.0% of sales for all items purchased (except food, gas and tobacco products) to be collected by the states and forwarded to a special fund dedicated to a national healthcare system and/or national health insurance for all citizens. It is my desire to see this tax be uncapped in support of proportionally equal taxes.
Why is this important?
Even though the thought of additional taxes is hard to swallow right now, American citizens trying to pay for their own health insurance and/or their healthcare will be a grave issue for middle and low income families by the year 2014. I believe that it is possible that a Federal Sales Tax of just .5% could fund healthcare insurance for all citizens. I would like to see such a tax on all purchased items except food, gas and tobacco (the latter two being taxed enough already) WITHOUT ANY CAPS. This is a fair tax and easy to administrate as it will not be based on reported income, but accurately computed and collected at the point of sale. Without caps the amounts will be proportionally equal. Example: A person buys a new car in SC for $20,000.00 and his sales tax on that purchase is $1000.00 (@.05%) and another person buys a car in SC for $80,000.00 and their uncapped sales tax is $$4000.00 (@.05%). If a person can afford a more expense car then he/she should be able to afford to pay their proportionally equal share of sales taxes.