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To: lucysmom
And now, when his customer works, he pays the income tax. With the FairTax, his customer will have 100% of his pay check, tax free, to spend on drugs and the dealer will not have to worry about the IRS.
Let's not forget that the customer is a criminal, too. So there are two criminals in a drug transaction. In the current system, one criminal pays, the other doesn't - and under the FairTax, one criminal pays, the other doesn't.
231 posted on 08/28/2007 4:38:46 AM PDT by Your Nightmare
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To: Your Nightmare
So there are two criminals in a drug transaction. In the current system, one criminal pays, the other doesn't - and under the FairTax, one criminal pays, the other doesn't.

Sounds more like a trade off than a gain.

Of course if you accept that prices remain the same because hidden taxes are removed, which I don't, then the non-income tax paying drug dealer will be paying the same amount of tax he's paying now AND he'll get a prebate check at the beginning of each month.

235 posted on 08/28/2007 7:17:08 AM PDT by lucysmom
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