[mmercier]

This type of tax reform is lunacy, we are past the point of no return.

Anyone who thinks we will replace the income tax with a national sales tax is living in an alternate universe.

Allowing the government to even write this legislation simply guarantees that we will have both income and national sales taxes.

They never give anything back, never ever in a million years will the income tax be removed.

[Turbopilot]

Actually, check out the bill. The FairTax bill not only implements the FairTax, it also eliminates income, SS, estate, corporate, capital gains, etc. taxes, ends the IRS, and introduces a resolution to repeal the 16th Amendment, ensuring no income tax could again be raised in the future. They've got that issue covered :-)

[kittymyrib]

They said the Berlin wall would never come down.

[ancient_geezer]

Anyone who thinks we will replace the income tax with a national sales tax is living in an alternate universe.

This is a reason to not support it? How?

Nothing ventured nothing gained.

Allowing the government to even write this legislation simply guarantees that we will have both income and national sales taxes.

Actually government didn't write it:

===>FairTax History

They never give anything back, never ever in a million years will the income tax be removed.

You batting average is rather low for making such predictions, perhaps maybe a new crystal ball is in order.

 

H.R.25

Fair Tax Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.25:

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TITLE I--REPEAL OF THE INCOME TAX, PAYROLL TAXES, AND ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES

• Sec. 101. Income taxes repealed.

• Sec. 102. Payroll taxes repealed.

• Sec. 103. Estate and gift taxes repealed.

• Sec. 104. Conforming amendments; effective date.

TITLE II--SALES TAX ENACTED

• Sec. 201. Sales tax.

TITLE III--OTHER MATTERS

• Sec. 301. Phase-out of administration of repealed Federal taxes.

• Sec. 302. Administration of other Federal taxes.

[Wolfie]

Allowing the government to even write this legislation simply guarantees that we will have both income and national sales taxes.

Of course. But the Fair Taxers seem to think that this will be on the Bill in history that isn't completely picked apart by special interests on its way to becoming law.

[pigdog]

You might read the bill and spend a bit of th=ime on the FairTax websiet before making such uninformed statements.

Just for starters one of the first things the bill does is repeal both the income tax AND payroll taxes.