If the *Fair Tax* was passed into law today, would the illegal immigration issue be put on the back burner? To me, it's only a fraction of the problem. The security and health issues, I hope, are at the top of most people's concern.
If the *Fair Tax* was passed into law today, would the illegal immigration issue be put on the back burner? To me, it's only a fraction of the problem. The security and health issues, I hope, are at the top of most people's concern.
Time and money both have opportunity costs. For example, I want to go to the movie and I want to play golf but I have only three hours. Which will I chose? That's opportunity costs. Here's another: the movie costs ten dollars and golf costs ten dollars, but have only ten dollars. Which will I chose?
Without awareness of opportunity costs many people -- with regard to federal income tax -- think they can have it all. Security, health, etc. 47% of the population pays no income tax. They think they can have it all. What they don't know is that 22% of the price of goods they buy is embedded tax and tax compliance cost. They only think they aren't paying any federal tax cost because they are kept unaware of the 22% embedded tax cost.
They, and for that matter the 53% that pay federal income tax, are unaware of the opportunity cost because they are unaware of the real tax cost.
Empower people with acknowledging at the cash register via the FairTax just how much government is costing them and their opportunity cost awareness kicks in. That will move them toward how much government costs and what exactly their tax dollars should be used for. Then health and security issues that you want at the forefront have a chance of getting their with beneficial ends the target. Certainly national security will increasingly become the primary focus because the primary function of government is to protect individual rights against initiation of force, threat of force and fraud.