To: Biggirl
The chief fear of politicians regarding the fair tax is the loss of their power. Plus the fact that the tax rate would be in every consumer’s face each day shining the light of the true cost of government.
11 posted on
01/31/2013 6:40:26 AM PST by
listenhillary
(Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
To: listenhillary
The chief fear of politicians regarding the fair tax is the loss of their power. Plus the fact that the tax rate would be in every consumer’s face each day shining the light of the true cost of government. Bingo, which means a Fair Tax will never be seriously considered by the political class. It will take a grass roots tidal wave effort to reset from an income tax to a consumption tax.
19 posted on
01/31/2013 7:40:59 AM PST by
TADSLOS
( "I ask sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few politicians."-George Mason)
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