[RobFromGa]

Thank you for a decent, civil reply.

The only thing I have ever been looking for from FairTax proponents is an honest discussion.

[mikegi]

I made the mistake of chiming in on a FairTax thread once and got called names. I don't really understand why people think this is a magic cure to taxation. The only way to reduce taxes is for politicians to stop spending money.

Obviously, politicians won't stop spending more and more money so the pressure has to come from outside. I want people to explicitly pay ALL their taxes, not have them hidden in a receipt or be funny money at pay time. I want people to deposit their FULL salary into their bank account and then have to write checks to the IRS quarterly to pay taxes. No withholding, etc.