[rwrcpa1]

I've asked them several times. If the "prebate" to "untax" the poor is such a good idea why not increase the "prebate" (GAG!) to untax the middle class too?...or like you say, why stop there?

The prebate is there to encourage the Demoncrats to support the bill and make the tax progressive. I don't like it, but I understand it.

My other question about their (phoney) rebate to cover the tax on my "necessities" is: What are my necessities and what do they cost me?

Well, for most people the necessities are those defined by the Dept. of Health and Human Services Department in their poverty level calculations.

For YOU your necessities are Depends, Tic Tacs, Odor Eaters and Clearasil. About $200 a month.

[pigdog]

HAHAHAHAHA !!!

(Do you really think his TicTacs are a necessity? Mebbe it IS better left to gov't, eh?).

[phil_will1]

"The prebate is there to encourage the Demoncrats to support the bill and make the tax progressive. I don't like it, but I understand it."

I disagree. The rebate is there because the research that went into the FairTax indicated that the American people were overwhelmingly opposed to a system that made it impossible for those at the lower end of the economic ladder to afford basic necessities. The traditional method of addressing that with sales taxes is by exempting certain items/categories. That is administratively difficult, as well as subjective and open to political manipulation, which is what we are trying to minimize.

The rebate is not only simpler, it is imminently fair to not tax anyone (regardless of income or consumption level) for purchases up to the poverty level.