Consumers and Hidden Taxes: Introduction

For this part, I have included a special section that tells why I believe Hidden Taxes are hurting the poor and neediest members of society.


Topics discussed in this series:

Everyone is a Consumer.
What is a Consumer?
Employees are Consumers.
Businesses are Consumers.
The Retired are Consumers.
Government is also a Consumer.
The Difference between Hidden Taxes and Transparent Taxes.
Hidden Taxes are hidden from the Consumer.
Transparent Taxes are easy for the Consumer to see.
How Consumers are effected by Hidden Taxes.
Hidden Taxes force prices higher.
Transparent Taxes would allow prices to be lower.
Hidden Taxes makes it easier for Consumers to be taken advantage of.
Why business must include the cost of Hidden Taxes in the prices they charge.
Why it is easier to trick Consumers into raising the cost of these Hidden Taxes.
Hidden taxes hurt the neediest members of society.
Transparent Taxes can help the neediest members of society.
Transparent Taxes would make it harder to take advantage of Consumers.
Transparent Taxes would help lower the cost of basic needs that are so important to the poor.
Those who spend the most would pay the most in Transparent Taxes.
The Per-Gallon Fuel Tax – a special kind of Hidden Tax.

Thank you for taking time to read and ponder my opinion on this topic.
An Opinion Article by Dave Kemper
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