[spirit_free]

I believe the first few sentences that you wrote have been dealt with, so may I just throw in an additional thought here that you may want to ponder. If you are a true conservative then I assume you would NOT want to add a national Value Added Tax on top of our current Federal Income Tax. To have both would be (shudder) unthinkable.

Please reconsider your stance on taxing the nation as well as your thoughts on immigration. Any immigrant here ILLEGALLY is a criminal and should be treated as such. Just because they pay taxes while they break our laws does not make it acceptable.

We, as a nation, need 'leaders' ... not more politicians, so you might consider not pandering.

[Rockitz]

You missed my point on a concurrent reduction in income tax rates.

[Rockitz]

Here are a couple sentences you possibly missed. Although all would pay it, those legal residents who are responsible in paying and filing their tax returns could recoup such taxes through reduced income tax rates. For those at the lower end of the economic scale, such taxes could be offset by credits. For those at the upper end of the economic scale, such taxes could be used to justify substantial decreases in income tax rates.

I'm a pragmatist, so as I have previously inferred, our enforcement of immigration laws SUCKS! This approach does not address enforcement, it simply 1) covers costs of illegal immigration and 2) discourages illegal immigration through an imposed higher cost of living.