You bet H.R. 25 is Transparent___ but it sure is not Fair as is suggested!
For example, the monthly family consumption allowance checks which would be sent out by government under H.R. 25 would come from taxes paid by people who work for a living, pay the H.R. 25 tax, and thereby contribute into the common treasury.
The family consumption allowance entitles those who do not work for a living nor contribute into the common treasury to receive the allowance! Drug dealers and drug addicts are entitled to the allowance; burglars, armed robbers and car thieves are also entitled to the allowance; and, even your local un-wed welfare moms who stay at home, do not contribute into the common treasury but makes babies to increase their current monthly welfare check, are entitled to the allowance. Even criminals who are locked up in prison and jail are entitled to the allowance. In fact, each of the above are entitled to get a $400 per month bonus under H.R. 25, for not contributing into the common treasury, which turns out to be another socialist transfer of wealth entitlement program.
H.R. 25, the alleged FairTax, would create the largest entitlement program in the history of America under its family consumption allowance___ an entitlement which is estimated would cost $ 600 BILLION a year! The cost of this entitlement to the American Taxpayers would make the projected cost of Hilary Health Care look like chicken feed.
Hey Boortz, and all you Fair Tax Neal Boortz Stooges, where are you? Come out and defend your socialist transfer-of-wealth tax plan.
The only stinking tax reform we need is for the people to demand their employees, their public servants, add the following words to our Constitution, bringing us back to our Nation`s original tax plan:
The Sixteenth Amendment is hereby repealed and Congress is henceforth forbidden to lay any tax or burden calculated from profits, gains, interest, salaries, wages, tips, inheritances or any other lawfully realized money.
See how easy real tax reform is? It doesn`t take 135 pages of bullstuff, [H.R.25] which would leave us on a sinking ship, it only taxes 32 words for the people of America to gain control of a runaway Congress!
To study Founder`s original tax plan CLICK HERE and scroll down to:
American Constitutional Research Service Before the
Committee on Ways and Means
United States House of Representatives
June 1995
Regards,
JWK
When you say:
"... checks which would be sent out by government under H.R. 25 would come from taxes paid by people who work for a living ..."
... you are merely attempting to put out misinformation since the prebate not only does not consist only of checks (it will normally be a wire transfer to the checking account), but it comes from taxes paid by all people not merely those "working for a living" as your attempt at class warfare falls flat. Anyone consuming taxable items pays the FairTax and not merely workers since some people certainly do not work and yet consume from their savings and investments.
This same information also puts the lie to your statement that the prebate:
"... entitles those who do not work for a living nor contribute into the common treasury to receive the allowance! "
Since the tax is based upon consumption rather than income everyone who consumes (as we just pointed out) will pay the tax - including those in the illegal economy that you mention (drug dealers, burglars, etc.) when they buy things at retail. These folks will be among those hardest hit since at present they completely evade the income tax. But they will receive the prebate which requires those in the families that qualify have a bona fide SSN and be a lawful resident of the U.S.
In spite of those requirements, your next statement about:
"Even criminals who are locked up in prison and jail are entitled to the allowance."
Is absolutely false and is specifically prevented in the bill. Nor do those qualifying (as we have pointed out just above) receive the prebate "for not contributing into the common treasury" but for qualifying under the FairTax law. They actually WILL be "contributing to the common treasury" - and far more so than at present.
The prebate is not an entitlement as you claim but a refund of sales taxes paid as shown in this post and certainly "costs" nothing like the false, unsupported number you mention.
As for your ridiculous and out-of-control "repeal the 16th" amendment wording it does not do what you claim at all as shown on this thread post #21 and following but especially post #27.
Frankly, johnnicakes, it seems strange that anyone would even bother to read your "stuff", let alone believe it in view of all of the many "inaccuracies" contained (only some of which have been shown here), but to each his own. Have a nice day.