“The fact is that the fair tax will never get done.”
That isn’t a fact, it’s an opinion. It may prove to be a correct opinion, but it’s still an opinion nevertheless.
Here’s my opinion. The economic forces are moving steadily towards forcing us to confront a horribly dysfunctional tax system. In addition to the trends I listed in my post above, there is another force which will prove to be one of the largest transformational trends in world history before it runs its course: globalization. Sooner or later, we will have to revisit all of our major institutions, especially the way we collect federal taxes. With globalization sweeping the planet and leading us to a day in which competition in the global marketplace exceeds anything we have ever experienced before, it is insane to maintain a tax system which handicaps our producers in that marketplace. We are on a path to a very bleak economic future if we do not recognize that a new day is dawning.
We may be able to educate enough Americans to the need for real fundamental tax reform before an economic crisis forces us to, or we may respond after the fact. I hope that it is the former, but I fear that it may be the latter. However, one way or the other, this is an issue that will be addressed sooner or later.
No, it’s a fact. AIN’T GUNNA HAPPEN! EVER, NO WAY, UH-UH, SORRY, THANKS FOR PLAYING, DON”T FORGET YOUR HOME EDITION.
52% of the country voted for an outright fraud and buffoon and you think a large enough % of the population can be educated to a new tax system?
Over 98% of all congressmen are reelected every cycle, they do not fear the populace. They have no incentive to change the system.