If there is a provision in HR2525 that exempts the poor from paying the NRST
Good of you to point that out Terrell, as indeed everyone pays the same tax rate, just as everyone receives the same FCA.
The issue is not what one pays at the register, it is what they pay less the FCA they receive, their effective tax rate.
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a388d0748789d.htm
The payment at the Retail Sales register just makes sure every perceives that government "ain't no free lunch".
The Honorable James DeMint (R-SC)
United States House of RepresentativesTHURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2001
12:00 noon"In 1996, Congress passed a historic welfare reform law that has dramatically reduced the number of Americans who depend on welfare. In spite of this positive development, Representative DeMint is concerned about the steady growth of a welfare/entitlement state that extends well beyond the poor and is forcing millions of middle income Americans into dependency.
There has been a shift in the relationship between individuals and government, he argues, such that fewer and fewer are paying taxes at the same time that more and more are receiving increasingly generous benefits. If it becomes the case that most voters do not bear a financial burden for this largess, then there will be little to restrain--and significant political incentives to encourage--the continued growth of government. And at that point, DeMint warns, we have reached a major crisis in our democracy."
Yes the poor pay the NRST, which makes sure the participate in the system and yet provides a tax system that is not dependant of government needing to know details of family income or financial condition.