Ну, теперь всё ясно

[ymarkov]

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[aphar.livejournal.com]

I think they mean libertarian, not anarchist.

1 day of one Carrier Group patrol == $50 million
1 carrier = $4.5 billion; 1 cruiser = $1 billion, carrier group has many ships.
(we have 12 carriers and one in construction; 4-6 on patrol at any given moment).

How are we going to pay for this without income tax?

[ymarkov.livejournal.com]

Who cares what they mean? :-)

I don't mind the income tax (although the one we have needs some drastic hacking), but there are other options. Consumption taxes, for example.

[aphar.livejournal.com]

consumption tax shifts the tax burden from the "wealthy" to the "needy".
to match the current revenue, consumption taxes have to be very high, which will encourage tax evasion. evading income taxes is dangerous - it puts one at the risk of persecution (sic!) by IRS. consumption is often a one-time deal, so various under-the-counter schemes will multiply.
taxing luxury items will merely punish the luxury industry because, as we know from econ 101, the tax is paid by the less elastic party.

[ymarkov.livejournal.com]

"wealthy" to the "needy"
The quotes are interesting :-)

Anyhow, there are ways to structure such things.

[aphar.livejournal.com]

Anyhow, there are ways to structure such things.
How?!

[ymarkov.livejournal.com]

Тут без пол-литры не разберёшься. Вот приедете...