[Eaglewatcher]

Even in Joplin they think the time has come!

[Andy from Beaverton]

Fair tax is a fair idea.

[FloridianBushFan]

There is a website that explains the whole process of the Fair Tax.

http://www.fairtax.org/

They are hosting an information session and Volunteer workshop in Orlando this Saturday.

[PubliusMM]

Ping for later.

[layman]

I don't believe 23 percent will be enough to result in revenue neutral federal tax receipts. Here's why.

Of the 23 percent, 15.3 would still have to go to the Social Security fund, leaving 7.7 to generate about two trillion which is the amount currently generated by all federal taxes other than Social Security. This means annual expenditures on new items at the retail level would have to be about 26 trillion. This converts to about $180,000 for each of the 144 million persons currently employed in the country. This seems very unlikely to me.

[ops33]

I am deeply skeptical of any reform of the tax system and adoption of a sales tax type system that does not include repeal of the XVI Amendment.

[ancient_geezer]

A Taxreform bump for you all.

If anyone would like to be added to this ping list let me know.

John Linder in the House(HR25) & Saxby Chambliss Senate(S25) offer a comprehensive bill to kill all income and SS/Medicare payroll taxes outright and replace them with with a national retail sales tax administered by the states.

H.R.25,S.25
A bill to promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national retail sales tax to be administered primarily by the States.

Refer for additional information:

• search: "national sales tax" OR "national retail sales tax" OR "fairtax"

[Taxman]

FairTax bump!

[jetson]

Our present tax system is like the game of football. The fairness of a play is decided by one of the refs who may disagree with the other refs but who gets to make the final call. A tax form can be deciphered ten different ways by ten different tax men but only one gets to make the call. Then the IRS has the power to ruin your life over a one in ten call. Makes no sense.

[socialismisinsidious]

"Any tinkering with the current system by Congress likely will be perceived as political manipulation in response to pressures exerted by special interests."

Perceived? noooo, I would say that any tinkering would be in response to pressures exerted by special interests.

Time to take back the power! www.fairtax.org