1. believe that taxing the creation of wealth is better for the economy than taxing the wealth when it is spent.
2. believe that returning peoples tax payments to them is welfare.
3. have no problem with a tax code that is wordier than the Bible.
4. believe the IRS is a good department and does a good job.
5. believe that the worst thing you could do is tax the wealth of old geezers who are living off of the sweat of the younger workforce.
6. love to tell everyone you see that the FairTax was created by Scientologists.
7. believe that what Bruce Bartlett says is the gospel and that scores of other credentialed economists are only paid shills.
8. have a habit of going to online chat rooms and posting insults about the Fairy Taxers.
9. think that calculating a tax the same way as the tax it is replacing is dishonest.
10. think the economy has always been fine under the income tax.
11. call the FairTax a cult because you cant think of anything else to say.
12. believe that cutting one tax by 25% and raising another by the same amount is inflationary.
13. think inflation is caused by high taxes.
14. think Milton Friedman is an idiot.
15. have a soft spot in your heart for European style VATs.
16. wrote the ten planks to the Communist Manifesto. 17. think the prebate is Marxist but not the Communist Manifesto.
18. sell some sort of tax advantaged product.
19. claim you clamor for tax reform but have no earthly idea how to do that.
20. ...howl in outrage when the BATF violates the 2nd Amendment but have no concerns when the IRS violates the 1st, 4th and 5th Amendments.
Ah, yes, the argument that if you think the Fair Tax is a bad idea then you must love the current tax system. I would welcome sensible tax reform that cleans up the mess we have today but the obvious truth is that reforming the current income tax system would be much easier and much more feasible than creating a whole new tax system that many have doubts would even get off the ground.
Yes, it may come as a surprise to the Fair Tax fans, but there are other options available.
Are you saying xcamel does that? Just wondering.
Are you saying xcamel does that? Just wondering.