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To: pigdog
"Meet the new Boss. Same as the old Boss. "

Absolutely not. the old Boss is the IRS we know and love and it now interacts with the direct tax by government directly on the taxpayer.

As when an employer either witholds a worker's Federal income taxes or illegally pays a worker under the table?

The FairTax on the other hand is an indirect tax with the government having no direct "hook" to go after the taxpayer. Under the FairTax, the taxpayer automatically complies with the law when he buys an item and receives a receipt.

As when you go to the Black Market and illegally buy something tax-free under the table?

The Black Market and Revenuers have been around since before the time of Christ.

746 posted on 10/24/2006 10:54:06 AM PDT by Polybius
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To: Polybius
Since under the FairTax a taxpayer pays the tax at the time he makes a retail purchase, I'd be interested in complete detail on what you see as the "black market".

Please define and quantify it and provide some links to some definitive studies that characterize it. Just claiming there is one isn't sufficient.

Governments have been around for something like 6,000 years - since the time of the ancient Sumerians and all governments tax in some manner since they themselves intrinsically have no money ... so what???

750 posted on 10/24/2006 11:01:11 AM PDT by pigdog
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