[Non-Sequitur]

I am curious where you got the idea that the FairTax would impose a retail tax on only certain items?

By reading the article.

[Hostage]

Read it again. Boortz is criticizing Ramsey for not understanding the FairTax.

Specifically, Ramsey is quoted as saying:

“People would only pay taxes on items they buy, except for food, basic clothing and other kinds of necessities.”

This is blatantly false. The FairTax legislation does none of what Ramsey is saying.

Here’s the FairTax legislation:

http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_bills

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.25:

And study the FAQ on the FairTax website!

http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_faq

especially Item 1:

http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_faq_answers#1