[pigdog]

It's no trick - and no illusion. The FairTax bill is designed to be revenue neutral in its present form and ALSO abolished the Income tax (and many others) along with the IRS.

In addition it calls for repealing the 16th amendment (but cannot do so directly within the bill since a constitutional amendment is legislatively a different breed of cat than a tax bill).

The tax bill is not a spending bill and identifies no such requirements within the bill. It does, however, offer a mechanism for us to make people aware of how much government costs on each and every receipt. That should help irate taxpayers hammer on their Congresscats to spend less.

As it is those persons can bob and weave hiding taxes (and therefore how much they really blow) from the present taxpayers. It should be obvious on these threads that most of the status quo defenders (who claim to not be) don't understand how much they now pay in federal taxes.

[Final Authority]

I know how much I pay in Federal taxes but I also know from direct experience the difference between governments where one has no broad based taxes and another that has both a sales tax and income tax. These are New Hampshire and Massachusetts. If you want to go down the road of MA then by all means, institute a sales tax. If you want a free republic, have neither a sales or income tax then tax only according to the articles in the US Constitution. Since we can't go backwards, hold the line on any additional broad based measures. We will always have the IRS and the income tax so any additional tax will be just that, additional.

[Paul C. Jesup]

As it is those persons can bob and weave hiding taxes (and therefore how much they really blow) from the present taxpayers. It should be obvious on these threads that most of the status quo defenders (who claim to not be) don't understand how much they now pay in federal taxes.

Oh they understand, but they would personally lose money if the IRS was abolished.