[goldstategop]

The income tax is the most intrusive expression of Big Government. It can't be reformed; its got to go. The Fair Tax represents a return to the system of taxation that existed when this country was founded. Its a tax on consumption rather than a tax on income, which is a socialist idea. You should not be taxed on how much or how little you have but instead on what you spend. That's why I support the Fair Tax.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[stop_fascism]

Income tax is basically slavery. If you don’t own the product of your labor, you are a slave. We are supposed to be happy that we are only slaves 40% of the time.

The “fair tax” is an indirect tax on the same labor. You’re still a slave, but the government is being nice enough to conceal that fact from you.

[Man50D]

The income tax is the most intrusive expression of Big Government.

You couldn't be more correct. It's purpose is to be intrusive to expand government at the expense of people's freedoms. That's why Karl Marx made a tax on income the second plank of his Communist Manifesto.