Why are so many fighting so hard to keep taxes hidden? The single biggest advantage to the FairTax is that every member of the electorate would see, with every purchase, the actual cost of government largesse. Just imagine when discussing a government program linking it to a % increase in the sales tax at the register...
I am amazed that so many fight so hard to keep taxes hidden.
“I am amazed that so many fight so hard to keep taxes hidden.”
I’m not. A lot of people get a little break on their income taxes (motor fuels taxes, you name it) and they want to keep their loophole open because *their* loophole is important. This includes many so-called conservatives who vote Republican at every election.
End the pork, unless it’s my pork, and then I need it.
I’ve been a tax consultant for fifteen years and am amazed at the things political “conservatives” can justify to themselves in the realm of tax. I can understand why liberals do it. Most Republicans in my world are as liberal as Democrats.