Obviously you wouldn't believe that Rob since you've never taken advantage of some of the very good economic studies goiven you.
Where is it that you believe the FairTax supporters have been saying that the rich would benefit??? That's what s-test has been claiming. You guys need to get your stories straight.
You keep saying this even though I have posted questions, examples and discussion points from each of these sacred FairTax texts in these threads. I have read the studies and I'm not buying what they're selling.
Neal Boortz has a saying "Don't believe anything I (Neal) tell you unless it squares with what you already know and believe to be true". Well, this FairTax plan doesn't square with my twenty five years in various businesses.
Where is it that you believe the FairTax supporters have been saying that the rich would benefit???
The FairTax supporters are all over the map on this, most seem to feel that everyone will benefit. I think that since this can't be true that the only ones that can possibly lose are the middle class and business owners. Because they are the only ones who have anything to lose in the present system. They have everything "bet" in the present economy-- their houses, their businesses, their retirement plans, their college savings accounts, their careers-- and they can't just pick up and move if things don't turn out so rosy.
The very rich have enough money and flexibility that they can choose to participate in a different economy. The poor have too many votes and if they even hint that they are losers they will march on Washington and demand change.
No, we are individuals with different experiences and I am sure that there are plenty of areas of disagreement among those who think the Fair Tax as proposed is flawed. We wach have different areas where our exerience tell us there are troublesome points and assumptions.
It is only the Fair Tax KoolAd drinkers who feel the need to march in lockstep with arms entwined. But there is a huge amount of disparity among FairTax proponents as well, esp as how the Fair Tax affects business.