[phil_will1]

"Odd that justanidiotliar hasn't replied to this.
I wonder why some posters hide their real reason for opposing tax reform?

Could it be that juststayinatextbook has such minimal experience in the real world that he really didn't know this? No, nobody is that ignorant. He's just lying about his real reason for rejecting reform."

That is possible, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility that he is sincere and that he really doesn't know what an expense is. The fact that he seems so smug and arrogant is what leads me in that direction. If I were espousing a position that I knew to be incorrect, I sure as heck wouldn't be smug and arrogant about it. However, I'm not good at duplicity, so maybe that's just me.

Who knows. I just know that his attempts to bend accounting and economics to fit his animus for the FairTax are laughable. But hey, as the Ancient One says, they keep the thread going. Perhaps they also make all the SQLs look irrational and desperate.

[Principled]

One does not need to be a trained accountant to see that all expenses are considered when investing or pricing. I'm sure it helps to know the textbook nomenclature when analyzing the components - but it is not needed in order to think fundamentally about the components.

IMO he's got a reason to reject tax reform that he's not sharing.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Behind the back slander and misrepresentation of motive are not likely to win many advocates either.

[Zon]

Who knows. I just know that his attempts to bend accounting and economics to fit his animus for the FairTax are laughable.

Framing the debate. A debate that he alone has argued and implies in his responses that the  person he is responding to is engaged in his framed debate. It is IMO, without out doubt, intentional.