[groanup]

I would think K street would pale before either. I know it would prefer a flat tax to a fair tax but abolishing the IRS is K street's worst nightmare.

[Zon]

Does the flat tax abolish the IRS? We don't yet know what a Commission would propose for a flat tax. Having 25 pass the House and the Senate is a worse nightmare for K street. A meaningful differences to just abolishing the IRS. Try the department of exemptions, which 25 doesn't have. We know what 25 is. ...S2182 is a lose cannon.

Is there an immediate need or urgency to start a S2182 bandwagon to jump on? I see a need to stand pat. Trying to stop momentum can be harder than getting it going in the first place. I'd like to hear John Linder weigh in on it.

[Kellis91789]

The point is that Isakson knows neither FairTax nor Flat Tax would result from his bill.

A commission studies proposals, can't reach agreement, and then Congress is "forced" to re-authorize the existing code to "avoid a disruption in funding the government". In the meantime, nothing happens on the FairTax HR25 because "everyone is waiting for the commission to finish up its study".

The President's Tax Reform Panel was a big disappointment, but another commission would be no different.

When I saw "dynamic scoring" in Isakson's PR, I was hopeful, but I wasn't familiar with his last campaign promises then. If Principled's take on his last campaign is right, then this guy is the worst sort of politician and I have to interpret this bill on that basis.