[wgflyer]

"No one I know believes that either."

If you're suggesting that we FairTaxers believe in some form of benevolence ever coming out of the crooks we call congress, well, far from it. The point, I suppose, is to try and neuter them. When people actually understand the FairTax it is hard not to approve of it. I call it a raising of standards...a step toward freedom of the citizen from big government.

You can use the argument that "it'll never happen", or "you'll never get the government monkey off your back", and you might be right. But, to me, the FairTax is a lofty goal to have. You could say, "We'll never eradicate murder, or corruption, or illegal aliens, ad infinitum", but to stop trying is to give up and consign oneself to a lowered standard of living, a lowered quality of life and, really, the end of the great experiment that was America. My goals include a 100 percent crime free homeland, a 100 percent small government homeland, a 100 percent illegal alien free homeland, wealth, prosperity and a great quality of life. While I may never achieve these things, to have a goal of less is to accept much, much less. Whatever sins government might visit upon us after enactment of the FairTax will be visited upon us with the current system, in spades. You must remember that the FairTax doesn't eradicate corruption. We must do that ourselves. Whatever system you choose, good luck to you. I choose the FairTax.

[eskimo]

When people actually understand the FairTax it is hard not to approve of it.

Sorry, I have not found that to be so.

[budwiesest]

a lowered quality of life and, really, the end of the great experiment that was America.

Bump-To-The-Top.(#386)

Once it was learned that people could vote themselves bounty from the treasury, it was only a matter of time before they found a gun (IRS) with which to protect their new claim.

Without a major change in the tax collection system the 'great experiment' is over.