Has anyone else seriously thought about how stupid a concept the economy is?

@Really You know what I think might be a good idea?Abolish income tax and the I.R.S and adopt a "Fair tax"-a 21%tax on every good and service in the country from a candy bar to a million-dollar mansion.Youd not only have more money coming into the Treasury but the wealthy really would be paying more since they're the ones buying the homes,cars,gadgets etc.

@DavidT8899 I'd be strongly in favor of a fairer and dramatically simplified tax system in my country, and a decimation of the bureaucracy that administers it; but it would need a great deal of intelligent, thoughtful analysis to 'get it right'. Among the simplifications I'd want is to stop using the tax system to influence social behaviour.

@DavidT8899 We have VAT in Britain. And it is a total rip off. Already over expensive goods and services are made even more expensive with this additional tax. I believe it was introduced by the tory party in the early 1970s (going off research ) and that was the start of inflation problems in this country.

@Really I am a joint partner in a cleaning business (40-60) with another woman. We use resources most local to us and we make a profit. We take some of the profit to get by but when we can, we recycle the profit into the local community and we have taken on a couple of extra people lately because we have grown. What I am against are people who are already mega rich who insist in making more money for themselves just because "they can", It's a psychopathic mentality which does nothing but harm all round