[lewislynn]

The Fair Tax proposal exempts the poor with a 'prebate' paying them up front the expected tax up to the poverty level.

If a big government predetermined one size fits all poverty level "prebate" for "the poor" is such a good idea, why don't we increase the "prebate" to pay the middle class up front for their/our tax burden too?

[Principled]

If a big government predetermined one size fits all poverty level "prebate" for "the poor" is such a good idea,...

It's not "big government", it's smaller govenrment.
It's not one size fits all, there are lots of different prebate sizes
It's not "for the poor", it's for every family who has a valid SSN and wants to receive it
And who said it was "such a good idea"? You made that up.
ANd you still need to learn to work with %s.

[tgusa]

Why don't we just give EVERYONE a prebate? Your solution for the mechanism to get this proposal through Congress is ...? The floor is yours.

[tgusa]

I have been reminded that HR 25 would prebate everyone with a valid SSN. That is, everyone with a valid SSN,regardless of income level, would receive a check each month equal to one-twelfth of the annual prebate for poverty level income. I apologize for the confusion.