That said, it’s far too complex an issue to serve as a major platform in a Presidential campaign. Any candidate that tries to use it as a platform will be faced with myriad mindless and misleading bumper sticker slogans, each of which could easily be put to bed in one-on-one conversations with thinking people, but which will be impossible to deal with in large numbers on a national level. And, however impossible the problem is on its own merits, the leftist press, invested in maintaining the current system and the liberal ideology that depends on it, will be dedicated to publishing as much misinformation regarding this subject as possible.
I don’t like Huckabee — he’s a natural tyrant — and I wouldn’t mind seeing him step on his own privates in this regard, but I still hope that he doesn’t adopt the Fair Tax because it needs and deserves — and the American public needs and deserves — a fair hearing in a proper venue.
#7 in the list of "Lies you must believe to support the fairtax"
Even Forbes' "flat tax on a postcard" didn't fly, and you can't get simpler than that.
The Fair Tax? Forget it. Not when you still have posters on this forum and articles still being written that say, "Imagine paying the same price for something but having your entire paycheck to buy it." And you get a "prebate" check every month from the federal government for $500! Plus, if you order now ...
Oh, and I have yet to find an income bracket that doesn't save money using the Fair Tax calculator. Yet it's revenue neutral.
Can you explain to me why, if prices and take home pay remain the same under the Fair Tax, the prebate is necessary? You can't. And that's a very simple question.