[lucysmom]

With an income tax, the politicians decide what you must pay. The Fair Tax opponents never raise this point because they're afraid of freedom.

On one hand FairTaxers argue that the income tax motivates the productive to work less to avoid paying more of their income in tax (exercise control over how much tax they pay) while on the other hand they argue that the income tax gives the individual no control over how much tax he pays. Do both hands ever get together to make a congruent argument?

[goldstategop]

The income tax taxes the productive more and rewards dependency. If you're over a certain tax bracket, you're also punished by being taxed more simply because other people pay little or no income tax at all. So yes, its a redistributive scheme. Which is exactly why politicians like the income tax - it allows them to do social engineering via the tax code.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus