Most boomers pay income tax on their 401k i believe. Unless they did a Roth. 

The proposal has a rebate that covers the amount of taxes on basic necessities. That should work out to about break even for those folks.

The group that would fight it vehemently are Boomers like my parents, who have no more taxable income, but spend like drunken sailors.

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A consumption tax would only work in America if the elderly didn't have to pay it. They don't pay income tax on SS so it eould negatively impact them. Regardless of how you feel about SS old people vote hard, you can't screw with their money.

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A consumption tax would only work in America if the elderly didn't have to pay it. They don't pay income tax on SS so it eould negatively impact them. Regardless of how you feel about SS old people vote hard, you can't screw with their money. 