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To: Beagle8U
"I've read the stupid plan. I know what it means."

Obviously you don't; here's what the paper clerifies for you:

"3.3 Tax-Inclusive versus Tax-Exclusive Rates

At this point, we need to clarify the difference between tax-inclusive and tax-exclusive sales tax rates. An example will help. Suppose a worker named Joe earns $125 and spends all of his earnings. Suppose further that he pays a tax of $25. If he were subject to an income tax, he would earn $125 before tax, $100 after tax and spend $100 at the store. Thus, he would need to earn $125 to spend $100. In the case of a sales tax, he would earn $125 and pay $125 at the store. Of the $125 paid by Joe at the store, the store would remit $25 in sales tax, meaning that Joe ends up with just $100 worth of goods and services.

We may think of the tax rate as $25/$100 = 25%, which is the tax-exclusive rate (te); alternatively we may report the tax rate as $25/$125 = 20%, which is the tax-inclusive rate (ti). The 23% FairTax rate set out in H.R. 25/S. 25 is a tax-inclusive rate, as is the current personal income tax, whereas most state-level sales taxes are quoted on a tax-exclusive basis. For ease of comparison, we report tax rates in both ways in Table 5."


281 posted on 10/21/2006 8:14:34 AM PDT by pigdog
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To: pigdog
"Obviously you don't; here's what the paper clerifies for you:


"3.3 Tax-Inclusive versus Tax-Exclusive Rates"

Dear Pigheaded,

I have read the plan(as have many others), I know how the rates are figured.

I also know that it is basically a Federal sales tax to replace income tax (and other taxes).

Yet the information presented to the public is distorted in a way to mislead the average person that is used to figuring the normal sales tax in most states.

You assume that everyone that points out flaws in the plan is stupid and don't understand it.

Until you can admit that the plan may be flawed and needs to go back to the drawing board, it wont pass and will continue to be little more than "Spam" here that wastes bandwidth.

Why don't you start a thread asking for opinion on flaws in the plan and advice on making it better?

That would at least be constructive.
326 posted on 10/21/2006 11:05:07 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Demonrats want the Gays out of Congress.....stand back and let them purge their base.)
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