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madcow · 09-01-2005, 04:17 AM

Cshine, you are leaving out so much information about the fair tax plan that it's not even funny. Regardless if whether the proposed tax rate is 23% or 30%, the main idea of the fair tax plan is to eliminate all federal taxes (including income tax) and instead have a national sales tax. People also get reembursed for the taxes they pay up to the poverty line, so essentials that people buy will in essence not be taxed. The whole idea is people pay for what the consume. Also, everyone pays taxes including illegal immigrants getting paid under the table because they taxes are taken out at the merchant level not the employer level. I think it's an idea worth investigating further.

09-01-2005, 04:17 AM	#11 (permalink)
madcow Crazy Location: The state of denial	Cshine, you are leaving out so much information about the fair tax plan that it's not even funny. Regardless if whether the proposed tax rate is 23% or 30%, the main idea of the fair tax plan is to eliminate all federal taxes (including income tax) and instead have a national sales tax. People also get reembursed for the taxes they pay up to the poverty line, so essentials that people buy will in essence not be taxed. The whole idea is people pay for what the consume. Also, everyone pays taxes including illegal immigrants getting paid under the table because they taxes are taken out at the merchant level not the employer level. I think it's an idea worth investigating further. __________________ Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.