[GeorgiaDawg32]

"To cover the uncollected taxes, the 130 million U. S. taxpayers are effectively subsidizing the tax cheats to the tune of over $2600 each. In other words, if the cheaters were prevented from cheating, the average taxpayer would see reduction in his or her tax bite by over 30%."

Anyone want to bet that we'd see tax increases since the burden was reduced by 30%?? I never met/saw/listened to any politician that didn't meet tax revenue he/she didn't like..

[Man50D]

Anyone want to bet that we'd see tax increases since the burden was reduced by 30%?? I never met/saw/listened to any politician that didn't meet tax revenue he/she didn't like..

The Fair Tax will be revenue neutral. The government will collect the same amount in taxes as it does currently. Fair Tax FAQ #6 Congress could raise taxes after the Fair Tax is implemented but taxes won't be raised due to the Fair Tax and especially if people put pressure on politicians not to raise taxes.

[pigdog]

You'd profit by spending some time on the FairTax website to see how, in fact, the individual tax burden would actually decrease under the FairTax.

[antidean]

In the book Freakonomics by Steven Levitt, the author states that on April 15, 1987 7,000,000 million american children disappeared when the IRS changed the reporting rules to include social security numbers for all claimed dependents. Thats seven million illegal deductions taken and zero effort to recoup them. What a country !!
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