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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UnconTROLLed" data-source="post: 887424" data-attributes="member: 18708">To say the poor aren't affected by the "999" plan is just complete ignorance or misunderstanding.     How can someone who  is low income,   who was paying a lower sales tax as it is ( say 4%)  -  now upped to 9% -  losing 5% of their money on ALL ITEMS PURCHASED  relative to before - food,   clothing etc etc... How is that a good thing?   Do you think the poor can afford higher taxes, such as this one example?Or a 9% tax when they were paying 0% federal tax before?   This whole plan smells like a shakedown of the poor, and the money is funneled right up to the wealthy .    Without any real meat and potatoes,  we can assume that is the premise and backbone.</blockquote>