WORLDS APART, BUT A SIMILAR IDEA. NEW MEXICO STATE SENATOR BILL SHARER WANTS TO SEE A 2 PERCENT TAX RATE ACROSS THE BOARD. SEEMS A LAWMAKER IN AUSTRALIA HAS THE SAME IDEA AND LEARNED OF SHARER’S EFFORTS.
SHARER SAYS HE’S MADE AN APPEARANCE ON AN AUSTRALIAN RADIO SHOW TO DISCUSS HIS PROPOSAL. HE SAYS IT JUST TURNS OUT SOME PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA AND SOME PEOPLE IN AMERICA HAD THE SAME IDEA.
SHARER SAYS AN AUSTRALIAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT HAS BEEN PROMOTING A 2 PERCENT TAX RATE FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS AND HEARD ABOUT SHARER FROM A TAXI-DRIVER WHO LEARNED ABOUT HIM FROM ANOTHER TAXI DRIVER, IN HONG KONG.