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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
y'all just don't get that the money's not going to sit under someone's matress, untaxed. No, it's going to go into investment, and investment will employ people, and employed people will probably consume something. and pay taxes.

It won't employ people if no one buys the products. You are drying up demand with a consumption tax. Unless we are just producing for export (and if so, why not invest in production abroad, near the demand?).

You may also be lowering the return on investment. Lots of people to invest, fewer profitable companies, you take a lesser return to keep it invested.