[mylife]

23%? Fair?

[mylife]

The economy would grind to a halt

[Bigun]

Ping!

[outofstyle]

Sales tax proponents have tapped into seething voter hostility toward the Internal Revenue Service

I wish that were true.

[goldstategop]

Abolishing the IRS and the income tax would eliminate a major tax burden on Americans. Its NOT a tax increase if you eliminate a plethora of federal taxes and replace it with ONE tax.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Turret Gunner A20]

... many politicians shy away from it because it is easy for opponents to portray it as a huge tax increase -- as Democrats did in a 2006 Senate race in South Carolina.

Of course they did -- any lie will do to hang on to that power to control people's lives.

[Anti-Bubba182]

" Tax professionals generally regard the idea as impractical, regressive and even "crackpot," as one critic puts it..."

They are right! On this tax the poorer you are the worse it hurts.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

This is the Fair Tax advocated for a long time by Neal Boortz. This article is a hit piece, because it completely miscontrues the Fair Tax and omits the offsets from eliminating the Income Tax and FICA.

[Gay State Conservative]

So Huckabee wants to raise my taxes....substantially.Please,please God let some reporter get a picture of this clown in bed with some....well,I'll stop here so I don't get banned.

Some say that Romney "must be stopped".It's this clown who must be stopped.

[MarkT]

How about we institute the fair tax and eliminate, inter alia, the Huckster?

[Chode]

.13pc is enough even for Putin!!!

[pnh102]

Mike Huckabee, one of the most conservative Republicans in the 2008 presidential race ...

Why would anyone bother quoting a "news" service that publishes such BS?

[Allen In Texas Hill Country]

I just realized this ‘fair tax’ business is big ‘screw’ time for me. I recently retired and pay nearly nothing in fed taxes anymore. Nothing. It’s a secret/good planning.

So this tax is a major screwing for me.

[Bigun]

I have no intention of voting for Mike Huckabee in the republican primary (FredHead here) but I have been FULLY on board with the tax proposal Huckabee is touting for YEARS now. Passage of the FairTax would represent the greatest transfer of power from Washington back to the people in the history of this nation!

You can read all about the proposal at the Americans for Fair Taxation website.

[ProfoundMan]

Gee whiz people... read!

a plan to abolish all federal income and payroll taxes and...

Don't be such a lemming. This is the LA Times trying to make you think it's a new 23% tax - it's not. And while we're here, forget the money for a moment. The Fair Tax would completely strip the congress of the ability to enact the kind of social engineering we Freepers (are supposed to ) despise. At least TRY to get a clue...

[wayoverthehill]

23%? That would more than double what I pay now. As a senior citizen, I couldn’t do it. I don’t pay sales tax on food now, my clothing purchases are minimal, as are my gasoline purchases. Besides, does anyone think states and cities are going to forgo their sales tax? Or that the FICA taxes would really be included in this 23%? I doubt it.

[tiger-one]

The year after the Fair tax is law, the VAT tax will become law and my state will have a sales tax, which it does not have now. The Fair Tax is pure horse dung.

[dbacks]

Something along this line works for me.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Tax professionals generally regard the idea as impractical, regressive and even "crackpot," as one critic puts it.

Of course tax professionals hate it. It puts them out of business!

No complex IRS code - NO NEED TO GO TO TAX PROFESSIONALS!

The sales tax is rung up automatically at the cash register and paid on the spot.

Simple!

You are taxed on consumption - not earnings.

[crz]

I see by some of the posts on here we have quite a few liberals on FR.

They claim they oppose big government but when somebody proposes to abolish the most abusive agency of big government these freepers all howl like wolves in the night.

Typical...not me crowd.