[Principled]

If you have to borrow money to pay for the drugs, you also need to borrow and pay interest on the additional amount needed for the tax.

LOL.

Why is it bad to pay tax on what you spend instead of what you earn?

The amount of tax is actually less under the nrst [effective rates are lower.] Why oh why would you think it's bad to get ALL your money - then pay taxes when you choose to spend? The alternative is to pay the tax before you even see your earnings. That's what we have now. Why do you want to keep the income tax?

[lucysmom]

Why oh why would you think it's bad to get ALL your money...

You know as well as I do that according to Boortz, the guy who wrote the FairTax bible, exactly what IS all your money has yet to be defined.