[nopardons]

And what a wonderful way to crush the economy, the "fair tax" is! It's even a better way to make businesses go belly up, than the stupid LUXURY TAX was.

You know people who buy a new car every 3 or 4 months? I find that difficult to believe.

You want everyone to try to subsist on food stamp allotments and you think that it a great idea to tax food?

[Shion]

>>You know people who buy a new car every 3 or 4 months? I find that difficult to believe.<<

Yep. Three of them took me out for a $453.76 business lunch today. There's a number of normal-looking people out there who have a hell of a lot of disposable income that they just like to spend on luxury junk. My boss' 35k watch for example... that he got to replace the 150k watch that was "too flashy".

>>>You want everyone to try to subsist on food stamp allotments and you think that it a great idea to tax food?<<<

You're out of context.

You asked who decides what is "essential". I responded that "essentials" have already been outlined by various gov't handout operations.

You'll notice I said nothing about taxing food, or existing on a food stamp budget.

Interestingly enough, I could easily get my groceries for the month on the amout of "prebate" my household would qualify for, and eat well too.

[pigdog]

And YOU obviously haven't read the bill nor studied the FairTax website nor The FairTax Book.

Try it; you'd learn a lot.