[Willie Green]

In your mind, how is that relevant? Are you implying that the Church of Scientology spent millions of dollars researching methods of taxation and wrote HR25?

For years now, the American government has established state religion. No, it's not evangelical Christianity. It's Scientology.

Because of a 1993 secret deal with the Internal Revenue Service, members of L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology are allowed to write off costly Scientologist "auditing" and "training" services as charitable gift deductions. Anyone who sends their child to religious school, however, is banned from writing off tuition.

What exactly are Scientologists writing off? Thousands of dollars worth of pure baloney. As authors Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner detail in their fascinating book, "Hollywood, Interrupted," Scientology itself is a load of psychedelic babble, and an expensive load at that. It costs over $300,000 to reach the top levels of this cult. "Auditing" -- the service that the IRS allows Scientologists to write off -- is a method of purging "thetans."

(From: L. Ron Hubbard has better lobbyists than God )

Spearheaded by the "church" of Scientology, the cynicaly misnamed "Fair Tax" [John Linder in the House(HR25) & Saxby Chambliss Senate(S25)] is actually a fraudulent proposal intended to sidetrack and derail true efforts for tax reform.

[Zon]

So you're applying guilt by association. Thanks for clearing that up.

[Conservative Goddess]

Barbara Streisand.

The FairTax is not being promoted by the Church of Scientology. The "church" of Scientology was persecuted by the IRS. That much is true. I looked for the case on Findlaw, but I didn't find it. Please see, http://www.scientology.org/en_US/news-media/faq/pg045.html for a summary.

If memory serves, the case clearly showed that the IRS thought it was within its purview to consider whether the "Church of Scientology" was a legitimate church, and whether the "contributions" were deductible as contributions or whether the followers were really purchasing services.

Regardless of your thoughts on Scientology, Anyone who loves liberty should be outraged by the mere suggestion that the IRS should have the power to decide which churches are legitimate and which are phony. That is within the exclusive purview of the individual. The power to rescind the tax-exempt status is the power to control; the power to muzzle our Priests, Ministers and Rabbi's---never allowing their messages to be heard.

ENOUGH! Time to remove this arrow from the Government quiver by enacting the FairTax.

[pigdog]

Sounds like you've got your "engrams" all lined up Willie - or maybe hope to.

Even so, you post (and Bartlett's) is still nonsense.