[AvOrdVet]

“My way” has not even been discussed. My way would be to take last years total federal spending, split it into two equal parts. Divide the first party by 100 and assign that amount as a per state senator tax assessment. Likewise, divide the second part by the number of representatives. Then each state would receive a tax bill equal to the Senator assessment (2 x senator amount) plus the representative amount (# of representatives x representative amount). States that can't or wont pay their bills lose the right to cast either Senate or Representative votes.

Geez, and you say the Fair Tax is a pipe dream! Lets get behind something that CAN actually pass...

Progressive Tax = FAIL

Flat Tax = FAIL

Fair Tax = TBD

The number of supporters grows every year... :-)

[taxcontrol]

No, you are misrepresenting my point. I do not believe Fair Tax is a pipe dream. I believe it is just more of the same, another system that is going to be manipulated just like every other tax collection method. I am pointing out that the stated pillars of the reasons for adopting the fair tax are made of glass and easily broken.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, changing the tax collection method does not solve the problem we face today with 1) Congress spending more than it takes in and 2) Congress segmenting the People into different tax buckets and instituting class warfare via the tax code. To me, fixing those issues is far more important that changing how we collect taxes.