Posted on 06/02/2005 7:06:10 AM PDT by Your Nightmare
FairTax PING
Need to refute this silly article.
The problem is new taxes never replace old ones.
Need to refute this silly article.And validate it at the same time. How ironic.
Let me guess. The dork that wrote this works for H & R Block.
No need... anyone can see the article is long on rhetoric and empty of fact. Anyone can have an opinion, but backing it up -- which the author doesn't even attempt to do -- is something different.
And the consumption taxes envisioned by the Founders were few and far in between and thus avoidable (making them self regulating) because govt was funded by duties and tarriffs. The broadbased national sales tax proposed is unavoidable and therefore not self regulating. Think Luxury Boat Tax.
BTW, is there a link for this opinion piece, or did you copy this from a print source?
1 posted on 06/02/2005 9:06:10 AM CDT by Your NightmareOne minute and two seconds. You are either a very fast reader or you started calling it "silly" before you had read the entire article.
2 posted on 06/02/2005 9:07:12 AM CDT by FairOpinion
What do you mean validate it.
This guy says Fair Tax is bad because it's simple and people understand it. That's the stupidest statement I have ever heard on the subject.
This is a hit piece. The author talked in circles, never explaining his reasoning for being against a national sales tax. I want facts, not spin when it comes to this issue. I haven't made up my mind about what type of reform we need, so it would be nice to read stuff that isn't full of spin and double talk.
One minute is more than enough time to scan the article and considering the content is actually more time than it deserves.
BTW, is there a link for this opinion piece, or did you copy this from a print source?It's from a subscription site.
And you're reproducing it here on FR? Are you trying to get JimRob sued again?
This is as far as I got reading this festering little piece of journalistic gangrene. Clownboy is obviously a big government marxist from way back.
But don't you really think you'd be happier doing somthing else? Like running a flower shop or something?
Give it up.
This is a hit piece. The author talked in circles, never explaining his reasoning for being against a national sales tax. I want facts, not spin when it comes to this issue. I haven't made up my mind about what type of reform we need, so it would be nice to read stuff that isn't full of spin and double talk.It's an opinion piece. The facts on the FairTax have been well established. That's why continual support of it is misguided. The effort should be redirected toward more realistic proposals. The FairTax just isn't gonna happen.
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Naw, no vested interest in keeping taxes complex here...
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