Comments on: Why the Fair Tax Won’t Work http://www.bloggernews.net/110118 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:38:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: jraley2 http://www.bloggernews.net/110118#comment-2037214 jraley2 Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:35:38 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110118#comment-2037214 The fair tax will certainly work every one will pay and that the way it should be. I am a student at Ivy Tech and i think we deserve fairness in America. The fair tax will certainly work every one will pay and that the way it should be. I am a student at Ivy Tech and i think we deserve fairness in America.

]]> By: David N-V http://www.bloggernews.net/110118#comment-87909 David N-V Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:33:39 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110118#comment-87909 A large part of the problem with the current system is that we have a sales tax and an income tax in place now. As you know, corporations don't pay taxes, they add them to the price of their products. The is a defacto sales tax anyway. The argument that we could have both if we switch if exactly incorrect. The FairTax gets rid of one and makes the other more "fair". Further, the FairTax legislation strips the funding to operate an income tax and the language under which it operates now. There is no way that the income tax will come back any time soon. You are correct that absent the aggressive repeal of the 16th, some future congress will no doubt propose a very small income tax on the very highest income earners and the door will be opened again. What you should be saying in your editorials is to first encourage people to support the FairTax and then to remember to remind them to be dilligent and purge the constituion of the blight we call the 16th amendment as soon as the FT passes. David A large part of the problem with the current system is that we have a sales tax and an income tax in place now. As you know, corporations don’t pay taxes, they add them to the price of their products. The is a defacto sales tax anyway. The argument that we could have both if we switch if exactly incorrect. The FairTax gets rid of one and makes the other more “fair”.
Further, the FairTax legislation strips the funding to operate an income tax and the language under which it operates now. There is no way that the income tax will come back any time soon.
You are correct that absent the aggressive repeal of the 16th, some future congress will no doubt propose a very small income tax on the very highest income earners and the door will be opened again. What you should be saying in your editorials is to first encourage people to support the FairTax and then to remember to remind them to be dilligent and purge the constituion of the blight we call the 16th amendment as soon as the FT passes.

David

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