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To: YankeeDoodleBoy

H.R. 25, the FairTax act (A national retail sales tax) restricts government spending by making the government pay the sales tax too.

Check out the plan at http://www.fairtax.org


132 posted on 08/01/2004 7:16:46 PM PDT by Remember_Salamis (Freedom is Not Free)
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To: Remember_Salamis

That's a terrific idea on the tax side, and I am all for it. I'm not sure, however, that it qualifies as a spending cut. The Government will either find ways to exempt itself, or if all else fails print more money for itself. Spending cuts have to be specific and significant.


142 posted on 08/01/2004 7:19:32 PM PDT by YankeeDoodleBoy
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To: Remember_Salamis
H.R. 25, the FairTax act (A national retail sales tax) restricts government spending by making the government pay the sales tax too.
Why do you keep saying this when you been shown it's not true. For every dollar the government pays in taxes they get that same dollar back in revenues. You are just changing the expediture/revenue scale. Where's the disincentive to keep spending?
410 posted on 08/02/2004 6:09:09 AM PDT by Your Nightmare
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To: Remember_Salamis
restricts government spending by making the government pay the sales tax too.

LOL! So much lack of reasoning in one sentence...buy a clue.

412 posted on 08/02/2004 6:20:35 AM PDT by lewislynn (Why do the same people who think "free trade" is the answer also want less foreign oil dependence?)
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