Paying a Federal Sales Tax or a Federal Income Tax, is still paying a huge tax to the Federal government. It really does not mater what pocket the tax is paid from.
I would rather see a system where one group of citizens is not played off against another, and a smaller amount is sent to the Federal Government.
The Federal Government is never going to cost less than the amount it is subsidized for.
I took a lot of heat for being against the "do not call" program of the Federal government. People claimed I worked for the telemarketers. I don't. I can just hang up the phone with out the help of the Federal Government. I am serious about wanting a smaller government. The so called "Fair Tax" was supposed to be revenue neutral as I understand it. This is why I don't like it. It is just a thing about rearranging deck chairs, on sinking ships, that I find silly.
I think equal citizens should get an equal tax bill, if the system is to be overhauled, why not aim for equality?
Ah. Now I understand why you are so confused. You don't know the difference between a spending and a revenue bill.
I think equal citizens should get an equal tax bill, if the system is to be overhauled, why not aim for equality?
Because equality is not a reasonable measure of fairness. For example, equal amount is not equivalent to equal burden among instances of variable capacity by any stretch of the imagination.
Now everyone outside the guard is totally equal in a gulag. I suspect you hold that to be a prime example of fair as well.
So let me restate your position. "The Fair Tax doesn't fix everything, therefore I am against it." The authors acknowledge that it is revenue neutral, which is the only way it can pass. Reduction of the size of government should be worked, regardless of the method of taxation. But that isn't what the Fair Tax is about.
BTW, the Fair Tax doesn't address global warming or education reform either, so I guess you are against it for those reasons as well.