> At the basic level, corporations should be able to operate and turn a profit, regardless of whether they're low or high margin.
Nobody has a right to the profits they are accustomed to. Buggy whip manufacturers have no right to make a living. And businesses that require exotic tax exemptions to exist might fall in the same category. Again, I think it's more fair to gradually phase out current tax schemes and phase in new ones so the economy isn't shocked by a massive rule change, but I don't see why any business has the right to broadly fix the current tax rules in place forever.
And, at the end of the day, any tax increases will be (and are) passed on to end consumers. It's not as if gas stations go out of business because their expenses go up (oil prices, credit card fees, etc.). They raise and lower their prices to accommodate price changes. And longer term, they adjust their business models as well.
All that being said, I don't even really care about gross vs. net taxation. I just believe this line of thinking doesn't add up.
The comment you're responding to is appealing to efficiency, not to entitlement and proprietary rights to profits. The problem with turnover taxes is that they're inefficient, not that they're immoral.
Nobody has a right to the profits they are accustomed to. Buggy whip manufacturers have no right to make a living. And businesses that require exotic tax exemptions to exist might fall in the same category. Again, I think it's more fair to gradually phase out current tax schemes and phase in new ones so the economy isn't shocked by a massive rule change, but I don't see why any business has the right to broadly fix the current tax rules in place forever.
And, at the end of the day, any tax increases will be (and are) passed on to end consumers. It's not as if gas stations go out of business because their expenses go up (oil prices, credit card fees, etc.). They raise and lower their prices to accommodate price changes. And longer term, they adjust their business models as well.
All that being said, I don't even really care about gross vs. net taxation. I just believe this line of thinking doesn't add up.