[mjolnir]

Hey, I agree with all of your arguments about the Fair Tax vs. the Flat Tax--- for one thing, the latter has been proven to work and for another, the former will be easily raised again and again without people noticing (just as they don't notice the gasoline taxes at the pump but blame "Big Oil") because they won't see the tax on their returns.

But wasn't the Fair Tax book by Boortz and Linder much more successful than the Steve Forbes Flat Tax book (which made a lot more sense)?

The Flat Tax is such a simple, effective policy, yet all of these East European countries barely acquainted with capitalism have gotten it before us-- it's crazy. Why it hasn't been easier to sell in the U.S. seems to me to be a pressing problem.M

I blame part of it on the fact that Steve Forbes' looks--- he should probably have put Anna Kournikova on it with the subtitle-- Even Russia Has It! Why Don't We?

[ECM]

I'm not attempting to throw cold water on the flat tax, but why would it be any harder to raise that than the current income tax?

[heckler]

Flat Tax over Fair Tax? why?

[socialismisinsidious]

"the former will be easily raised again and again without people noticing"


How do you figure that?....the fair tax will be one separate, visible line on the receipt...NOT rolled into the costs.

A flat tax does not get rid of the IRS and income tax code....this country started with a flat tax and look where we are today. That 60K page tax code sure isn't flat.