[Jim Robinson]

Food, medicine, and housing should not be that hard to define. Actually, the more we exempt the better. The less money sent to the feds to waste, the better off we will all be. As long as we can pay for national defense, the courts, and the post office we'll be fine. All the rest can be returned to the states and or privatized.

[concerned about politics]

Food, medicine, and housing should not be that hard to define

Right now, retail doesn't collect taxes on those things. Just keep that the way it is.

[concerned about politics]

This is a "junk buying" tax. "Junk" as in non-necessary goods. It will help the environment. People will waste less and consume less because the total price of "junk" will be higher. The left can't argue with that one - lol.

It's also taxes EVERYONE fairly.

[dread78645]

Food, medicine, and housing should not be that hard to define.

Is beer food ? pre-Victorian England thought so.
What happens if/when medical marijuana goes legal ??
I live in a condo, you have a doublewide, Stan works the oil fields and lives in a pop-up he tows behind his chevy pickup. Housing ?

Why should the lawmakers come up with definitions ?
The definitions started the mess!

The only honest way out (I think), is to tax every end consumer, then give a universal rebate of taxes up to the poverty level. Just like the current bills say (HR2525)