[jimkress]

From their site:

The solution we propose involves two actions:

* Passage of legislation that institutes a single-rate, FairTax on all final sales of new goods and services. This tax would become the chief source of revenue for the United States government, replacing all federal income and payroll taxes, yet generating the same revenue. The legislation provides for a tax rebate equal to the consumption tax paid on essential goods and services. The rebate ensures that no American will pay tax on the purchase of necessities.
* A constitutional amendment that would repeal the 16th Amendment and make a federal income tax unconstitutional.


You got it backwards. There cannot be a sequential invocation of the 'Fair Tax' and then the repeal of the 16th Amendment. They must be in the reverse order or simultaneous. To do otherwise is to invite Kennedy, Schumer, Clinton, and the rest of the Left to impose BOTH taxes on us.

Get rid of the 16th Amendment. Then I'll support your 'Fair Tax'.

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[2nd_Amendment_Defender]

I don't like a federal sales tax. I think it should be a 10% flat income tax.

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[dixie sass]

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[cartoonistx]

A much better tax plan would end ALL federal taxes on individuals by taxing states based upon population. A dollar amount per capita would be charged to state governments for the cost of federal operations (defense, court systems, etc.). The cost of state functions that support federal programs (interstate road maintnance for example) or the costs of federally mandated state programs (welfare?) would be a "write-off" reducing the overall state tax liability. It would then fall to the state governments to collect this "tribute tax" from their citizens as they saw fit.

[jmstein7]

I don't know; have they run revenue projections on the proposal?

The main point of the whole tax debate is that the Libs have decided that they would rather use the tax code to punish people instead of raising revenue.

Perhaps we could get to a consumption tax incrementally; let's start with a flat-tax.

Also, the power to tax is an enumerated power; I don't see why Congress couldn't pass a bill forcing states to chose between an income tax or a sales tax and prohibiting them from doing both -- remember, there is no such thing as "states qua states".

[Sergio]

The reason I like the sales tax idea is that it makes all those who don't report any income, still pay their share of the tax burden. I don't think drug dealers, loan sharks, prostitutes, pimps, or even people working illeagally report what they make to Uncle Sam. While some of these folks make almost nothing, there are others that are making over six figures a year, and don't pay a cent of tax on it.

While they don't report their income, they do spend it.

But as stated earlier, get rid of the current system before starting the new one.

Best Regards

Sergio

[P.O.E.]

One of the shibboleths they used to raise against a flat tax was "But you can't take away the mortgage interest deductions!"

With historically low rates, the tax benefit is much less.