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"But if witholding were gone and we had to pay taxes with cash out of our pockets, would it increase resistance to higher taxes?"

Huh?

You are saying that folks will look at their invoice - but won't look at their paystub? What kind of half-assed excuse is that?

Follow the money. The people who will make out HUGE are the billionaires and their useless heirs. I am not impressed. And I will call anyone who peddles this scam as a way to reduce the tax burden of the average working family a baldfaced liar.

You are saying that folks will look at their invoice - but won't look at their paystub? What kind of half-assed excuse is that?

Here is a little test for you. Go ask some people what their check was this week. 99 out of 100 will tell you their NET pay because withholding has so conditioned people they don't even know what they actually make!

And further, ask them how much they paid in taxes on April 15th. A very large portion will respond, "I got money back!"

If withholding was ended and people had to actually file quarterly and write a check for what they owe, tax increases on income would be far more difficult.

The reason that tax increases (all kinds) are easy is because virtually no one knows what they pay in taxes. If there was an NRST every person would know exactly how much the tax was increased the first time they bought something under the new higher rate.

The people who will make out HUGE are the billionaires and their useless heirs. I am not impressed.

Going to the liberal class warfare handbood is even less impressive.

You are saying that folks will look at their invoice - but won't look at their paystub? What kind of half-assed excuse is that?

No I wasn't. That would be the same stupid thing as today. Simply listing it isn't what puts downward pressure on taxes - it's having to pay it. Pay it by pulling $10s and $20 out of your pocket. Let me reprint:

But if witholding were gone and we had to pay taxes with cash out of our pockets, would it increase resistance to higher taxes?"

So how about a little more time reading and a little less on the choice words?

And I will call anyone who peddles this scam as a way to reduce the tax burden of the average working family a baldfaced liar.

Good. You should do so if you have any reason whatsoever for thinking it. Do you care to share any of them?

Have your class envy always been this rabid?

The more you spend, the more tax you will pay under the FairTax, so that should make you very happy.

Right now, most of those hated 'billionaires and their useless heirs' aren't paying income taxes because they can afford to shelter their income from the tax man. When they spend their money on caviar and Rolls Royces, you will be getting back at them.

You should be on board with this plan just because of your hatred/envy/jealousy or what ever it is that drives you.