The whole fairtax plan is going to be a constitutional amendment... It will take 2/3’s of states ratifying any changes once implemented... Congress could not just raise the rate or the prebate amount without getting it past 2/3 of the states. That is a little more difficult, There has only been 3 constitutional amendments ratified in my 46 year lifetime. That is the biggest arguement I hear about the fairtax, that rates will just get raised continually... It is designed so that CANT happen.
The Poor should pay the sales taxes and will under the fairtax, that is the whole point of broadening the base and giving them skin in the game. The poor still buy other stuff, besides necessities... More Poor people have alot nicer stuff than I do and the many I know that are considered poor is because they are in debt...
Wondering where you stand, are you saying we have a current tax code that good now? or that the 9million words could be slightly tweaked to be workable? How about the IRS, Do they wield too much power and enforce that power selectively or equally across the board?
I think pretty much everybody is in agreement that no american should be taxed on necessities of life, that to me is very similar to mandating I buy health insurance... and the prebate provides for avoiding exactly that... I dont see what is so complex or inherently bad as you say, Dont know what else to say, because it’s obvious that your mind is set on this issue, and sounds like it is the dealbreaker for you on a plan that I believe would revive america, but I would love to hear any ideas you have that would accomplish something remotely close to what the fairtax would.
I’d rather do a flat tax. No idiotic prebates and no Constitutional amendment or new tax system required.