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To: Principled
defund the IRS, eliminate withholding, destroy existing income tax records (save those delinquent at changeover), erase the entire income tax code

But HR 25 implements some formidable obstacles that do not now exist.

Name one obstacle-- the laws that defunded, destroyed, and erased income taxes could be repealed on a moment's notice by a simple majority of Congress and a signature, and everything brought back.

And if they made it only an income surtax on the "evil" rich, it would be a piece of cake if the situation required it-- like everyone realizing the FairTax caused all prices to go WAY up, and the economy to tank...

233 posted on 09/24/2006 9:53:04 AM PDT by RobFromGa (The FairTax cult is like Scientology, but without the movie stars)
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To: RobFromGa
And if they made it only an income surtax on the "evil" rich, it would be a piece of cake if the situation required it-- like everyone realizing the FairTax caused all prices to go WAY up, and the economy to tank...

Exactly!

236 posted on 09/24/2006 10:12:54 AM PDT by lucysmom
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To: RobFromGa
"... Name one obstacle ..."
Simple enough ... VOTERS!!! With enough votes coming from the grassroots movement to pass the FairTax into law there will certainly be enough to keep the income tax from returning by a rhetorical snap of the fingers as you suggest.

Not only is the tax code removed by the FairTax, but the IRS is defunded and disbanded and the income tax records will have been destroyed. Attempting, then, to restart that from scratch against what is sure to be massive taxpayer opposition since voters will greatly like the FairTax (in comparison to the prior income tax) and realize that it benefits both them AND their country it is HUGELY unlikely that they would tell their Congressman "... sure, I like having the higher effective tax rate under the income tax so I can pay more in taxes than I've been doing under the FairTax while saving and investing tax-free ...".

SURE!!!

261 posted on 09/24/2006 12:28:12 PM PDT by pigdog
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