You say that like it's a good thing. Progressives and Socialists love that idea. Creating an untaxed, dependent class which survives on their monthly fix of "gubmint checks." The FairTax will add to that.
Bigun wrote:
Not at all! In fact the fairtax is the ONLY proposal that would completely untax the poor!
It IS a good thing!
It allows people at the bottom the ability to better themselves and break the cycle of poverty as opposed to the current system which tries to lock folks in to their current circumstance!
And don’t be confused! They would always be paying at the retail level. The tax, up to poverty level, is rebated for everyone!
[You say that like it’s a good thing. Progressives and Socialists love that idea. Creating an untaxed, dependent class which survives on their monthly fix of “gubmint checks.” The FairTax will add to that. ]
Strange to see “conservatives” advocating removing people from the tax rolls and the responsibility of paying for so-called “necessary” government, isn’t it.
There are several reasons why the FairTax rate needs to be so high. One is the ‘prebate’. Another is the attempt to include SS/M funding. Another is the social engineering in excluding education spending. If it was simply a sales tax (applied to all retail goods and services) to replace the Individual and Corporate income taxes, with no ‘prebate’ the rate would only need to be 10% instead of 23%. Leave SS/M to be funded as existing — FICA taxes on wages only.
1) The ‘poor’ would NOT be untaxed.
2) Evasion would be MUCH less.
3) Legal Avoidance would be MUCH less.
4) It wouldn’t attempt to foist the unsustainable costs of SS/M onto the backs of the wealthy. I could write pages on how wrong this is.
5) It would still have all of the best features of the FairTax without its many problems.