[John SBM]

I talk abut this to folks alot. I'm constantly surprised by the number of people who still have no idea what it's about, and then by their attitude that it will just never happen. We need to keep it in front of people.

[thehumanlynx]

I agree, I hear people complain all the time but know no other option.
Also, the switch would have to be immediate, no overlap, it would be ridiculous if the income tax and sales tax had simultaneous effects. Thats why the book outlines the switch as immediate, Dec 31, - last day of income tax. Jan 1-first day of nat'l sales tax.

[thehumanlynx]

I agree, I hear people complain all the time but know no other option.
Also, the switch would have to be immediate, no overlap, it would be ridiculous if the income tax and sales tax had simultaneous effects. Thats why the book outlines the switch as immediate, Dec 31, - last day of income tax. Jan 1-first day of nat'l sales tax.

[socialismisinsidious]

"and then by their attitude that it will just never happen. "


That is the most frustrating thing to me....people give up without even trying and feel like they don't have the power. It is like they have never heard of "We the People..."

I listened to Rush one day go on and give a GREAT rant about the people having the power and how Washington represents US and then the next week he told some guy that The Fairtax, or any real tax reform will never happen b/c of the power Washington garners from the income tax....sigh.

[RobFromGa]

I talk abut this to folks alot.

How do you describe it to them?

[Zon]

I'm constantly surprised by the number of people who still have no idea what it's about, and then by their attitude that it will just never happen.

For many people not being wrong or not making an error is prominent. This tells us something about an environment that derides people for making mistakes and errors.  The reality is that mistakes and errors present opportunity to benefit oneself by correcting them oneself. The wrong thing to do is rationalize ones own errors as not being an error but rather something else. The person that rationalizes cuts themselves off from the opportunity to benefit themselves. 

History, some people erroneously think that they wont be wrong if the stick to the status quo. History is not an accurate tool for predicting the future. If it was an accurate predictor man would never have progressed from cave dwellers, fire starters or wheel inventors to nuclear physicists. Looking backwards we see that the future is ever-changing.