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One idea, the Fair Tax, is a grass-roots idea that has been building steam for years. The other, a value-added tax, is a European import being talked up by liberal elites as the answer to all our government's problems.
Which idea do you think will get traction in the national media?
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The purpose of the Fair Tax is to replace the archaic income tax code with a simpler formula. It has nothing to do with governments spending more than the tax revenues.
It is truly amazing how the American people are not willing for the government (local, state & national) to reduce any services, but also unwilling to have any taxes increased & want taxes reduced.
If something is not done to either increase taxes or reduce costs, the dollar will become so worthless, we will all be taking Chinese lessons
Looking forward to election time?
With the strong penalties in place for cheating combined with the high odds of being audited, there will be few who choose to break the law by using wholesale goods for personal use. Today, there are 140 million income tax filers, each of whom may make an individual decision to break the law when submitting their income tax. Under the FairTax, this number would be reduced from 14 million points of collection to 20 million, the number of registered businesses in America. Each "cheat" would need two involved parties: the business and the consumer, further increasing the visibility of such cheaters.
Source: http://www.fairtax.org/site/PageServer?pagename=about_faq_answers
Government forces you to buy health insurance.
● Government seizes your money with a vague promise you’ll get some back if you live long enough.
● Government seizes your home because some developer promises to build something that will deliver more property taxes.
● Government forces you to pay one employee too much while telling you that you cannot pay a top executive what he is worth.
● Government is (or will be) health care rationing.
● Government tells you that you can’t have a mimosa Sunday brunch because a Baptist might still be in church somewhere.
● Government tells you that you cannot invest in a friend’s business you find promising.
● Government tells you that you can’t advise someone on what color cushion goes with what color drapes without a license — from government.
● Government charges you with a federal crime if you pick an eagle feather off the ground.
● Government tells you that you cannot use property that you own because it might — just might — be a nifty habitat for some strange mouse.
● Government allows teachers unions to control the education of our children.
● Government forces the top 1 percent of income earners to pay 40 percent of all personal income taxes while allowing the bottom 50 percent to become net tax consumers.
● Government is chasing businesses and jobs overseas with confiscatory taxation.
● Government creates a financial meltdown by encouraging and guaranteeing hideously bad mortgages and then blames Wall Street for the s#!t stew.
● Government owns General Motors.
● Government flies politicians all over the globe on meaningless junkets while demonizing corporate executives who dare use private aircraft.
● Government taxes you your entire working life, and then takes half of what’s left when you die.
● Over and above everything else, government is FORCE. It’s the only entity you will ever encounter that can use deadly force legally to accomplish its goals.
You need a plane ticket?
See how enjoyable you think that would be.
Think about all the good things the government does too. Or you could go live in a third world country or something and tell me which is better.
I think it is about time that American's start voting with some intelligence, selecting constitutionalist candidates who believe in sound money, limited government and above all; freedom.
In the meantime, I get up, I go to work, and I worry about my own little life. I don't listen anymore and I barely care. As long as I live a law-abiding life, I can't bother with all this crap I hear. I don't have the time or the energy anymore.
Either way I don't guess we will here from you anymore due to your tired of paying attention to a better deal of fair share paying. Good luck with your future.
I try to live in a positive manner, as best I can. Mostly, what I believe will come true, does.
I have little or no control over many things, so why waste the time I have worrying over it?
It works for me.
Teenager, get out there and start filling out applications. As long as you put away the cellphone, pull up your pants and speak relatively good English, you should find something.
By the way, don't be a job snob, if you really want to work, take what's offered. Good luck!