[Pushi]

It will never get done otherwise. The rebates I am talking about will apply to every man, woman, and child equally. The way I look at it if you eliminate by rebate a tax on the necessities of life, the argument can be made that the more you spend, the more tax one pays. One pays taxes according to the benefits he reaps from the society. There are only three things one can do with money--invest it, save it, or spend it. The first two create jobs and/or make money available for others to create jobs. The last creates jobs. Who can argue with that. Cutting off contributions to charity will be strongly opposed too. By letting people assign their rebates, this opposition can be overcome.

[PhilipFreneau]

It will never get done otherwise. The rebates I am talking about will apply to every man, woman, and child equally. The way I look at it if you eliminate by rebate a tax on the necessities of life, the argument can be made that the more you spend, the more tax one pays. One pays taxes according to the benefits he reaps from the society. There are only three things one can do with money--invest it, save it, or spend it. The first two create jobs and/or make money available for others to create jobs. The last creates jobs. Who can argue with that. Cutting off contributions to charity will be strongly opposed too. By letting people assign their rebates, this opposition can be overcome.

Too complicated, and too prone to abuse. Any exemption (and I do mean ANY exemption) will open to door to abuse by future government. From the beginning there must be a flat sales tax rate, and it must apply to all retail sales. No exceptions, and no complications. The only changes allowed in the system must be 1) an occasional modification (up or down) in the rate, and 2) an occasional modification in the number of government personnel managing the system (via hiring or laying-off). The devil is in the details, so, to be safe, don't have any details.