Until you posted these comments, I was not aware of your position. I can’t recall your participation in these tax threads, FRankly. All that means is that I have not engaged in a conversation with you in recent months.
HST, I’m delighted that you have chosen to respond.
1. I agree that the Fed spends more than it “takes in” and I agree that the FairTax does nothing to control spending. H.R. 25 and S. 1025 are tax bills, not spending bills.
The fact that the Balanced Budget Amendment to the US Constitution was never passed is a great source of concern to me. The fact that our Congress and President are profligate with the future economic security of the US is of great concern to me, also.
However, it is the duty of the American people to elect honorable men and women to serve their interests — and when they don’t, it is the duty of the American people to seek redress at the ballot box! IOW, THROW THE RASCALS OUT!
2. Audits of individual citizens will be a thing of the past with the FairTax. Audits of businesses will continue, as well they should. I have no comment re: bill numbers.
3. A spade is a spade, my FRiend. I just call them the way I see them!
4. “The majority of Americans will hate the FT if it is ever past (sic).” As exactly what data set (facts only, please!) do you base that comment on?
5. The intent of the legislation is to defund and eventually eliminate the IRS. In its place would be an agency to monitor and audit the 50 states (and the several US protectorates) collection of the FairTax. Ordinary citizens who do not own retail businesses would never have to deal with an IRS agent again. Unless, of course, they conspire with a business to deFRaud the government of legitimate taxes, in which case, the full force and effect of the goverment should be brought to bear!
6. You be careful, now, you hear? Lots of people have gone to prison when they . . . “through careful research and patience . . . reduced” their “. . . Federal Income tax burden to ZERO.”
7. I am a retired Naval Aviator. I have no vested or financial interest in the FairTax. I have been involved in the National Retail Sales Tax movement since April 17, 1991, and my only motivation for doing so is to bequeath a nation FRee of the income tax and the IRS to my children, grandchildren and countrymen.
The FairTax is about FReedom, my FRiend. And it is about beginning the long and difficult task of taking the country back FRom LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist Bastards who would turn the USA into just another third world bannana republic.
Capice?
All of my income tax savings are legit and based upon IRS code. I can guarantee you that I know more about IRS code than do most accountants or even many IRS employees - still I pay a very good guy to watch stuff. He is an ex-IRS employees who was in enforcement for 10 years.
Here let me give you my latest way to beat FT and I haven't even really gotten into it. Multilevel marketing. I could avoid the FT at all levels in that organization.
If and when the FT (not likely) is passed I will hold seminars telling people how to beat it. I think $2,000 for a two day session
Actually, I'm glad that there is not a Balanced Budget Amendment.
If there were, the Dummies could point to the Amendment every time they proposed a tax increase.
I think that one way to help reduce the bloated federal government is a return to the 10th amendment as the Founders envisioned it.