The fraction of folks who would receive more in rebates than they actually spent will be small, and is an acceptable tradeoff compared to the needless complication of having to track exactly how much each individual had paid.First, stop calling it a rebate. It's not a rebate, it's a demogrant (the bill calls it an allowance - don't you just love the symbolism of the government given all citizens an allowance). Second, the poverty rate in 2002 was 12.1%. Do you consider that small?
The IRS has well over 100,000 employees that produce nothing of value.
Do you consider that small?
1) Not every man woman and child living in the US will get the compensation (actually an allowance, they can spend it or keep it)for taxes imputed to be paid up to the poverty level, only LEGAL US residents, which means millions of illegals now paying little will pay more.
2) As far as figuring out how much taxes you will have paid under the new system, just keep your receipts with the tax paid shown on them, and add them up periodically.
3) Do you like our current system and do you think it is fair now?