[Taxman]

Thanks for the ping, Bill.

Congressman King ran and was elected to Congress with the National Retail Sales Tax as his tax "plank."

He is a good FRiend to America and the FRee Republic -- definitely an "up and comer" in the Congress. One of his first official acts after being sworn in was to become a co-sponsor of H.R. 25, the FairTax Act of 2003.

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Congress will never pass H.R. 25. They do not want the whole tax scam "out in the open". They especially do not want people to actually know for certain what they are paying in taxes, because, then, it will be obvious that we have all been ripped off over the years by a bunch of scum-bag politicians (of both parties) who have been selling us a load of crap for the last 70 years. So, we add up the national sales tax and state sales tax ( in California it runs about 8%) and we get 31% added to the price of consumer goods. For every buck spent, we actually pony up $1.31.

What about all the "excise taxes", like the ones on tires and gasoline? Are we going to see all of those little thefts removed? Pardon my skepticism, but I don't think the criminals in government want to give up all that extra money they have been stealing for so long. The total tax burden on the average working stiff (if you add up everything including all the state, local and regional taxes) runs about 65-70% of every dollar earned. There is no way the scum can balance they books by giving up 40-50% of current tax revenue.

While the so-called "fair tax" is lower than the total tax rate as it now stands, people are going to begin to see what a waste it is to give government any money at all. It won't be long before such a stink is raised, that Congress will find itself on the end of a rope. No, the bastards are never going to reform the tax system because they like the stealthy theft approach better.

[Badray]

Congressman Pat Toomey just signed on today. Toomey is challenging Snarlin' Arlen Specter for the Senate in the primary next month.

[Spotsy]

Taxes and economics aren't my specialty, but the idea of consumption taxes scare me because those of us in the middle class tend to spend a much larger percentage of our income consuming.

The retail tax would dictate the consumption habits of the middle class. For those who believe Americans are too materialistic, this may be a dream come true. But in my book, this would be denying basic liberties.