Food For Thought © copyrighted As of 12-31-2004 POLL Should The U.S. Be On A Flat Tax

by columnist David Lawrence Dewey "Reading provides knowledge... knowledge leads to answers."

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Should the U.S. have a taxing system as follows: A much reduced federal income tax and a larger flat federal sales tax similar to the one illustrated in DL Dewey's column, Taxes - Reality Check (This is where you can vote also, at the end of the column) Only one vote has been counted per internet name

Should the U.S. Have a Taxing System Similar to the One As Illustrated in DL Dewey's Column A FLAT COMSUMPTION TAX and the present income tax filing done away with

Yes: - 5,650,156 votes or 77.55% of total votes No: - 1,852, 032 votes or 24.66% of total votes No Opinion: - 9,118 votes or 0.12% of total votes Total Votes: 7,511,307 Over 7.5 million have voted Since August 5th,1999 - As of December 31st, 2004 75% say "YES"

Breakdowns:

Category

Yes

No

Single

958,600

13,722

Single Father

319,899

37,174

Single Mother

454,775

57,782

Married W/O Children

1,433,035

33,781

Married With Children

16,819

12,788

Self Employed

839,243

638,102

Unemployed

15,668

36,625

Business Owner

80,736

42,913

Housewife Not Working

3,422

918

Housewife Working

170,753

45,807

Retired Social Security

164,416

279,232

Retired Military

197,398

90,765

Retired Civil Service

224,344

74,429

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