Comments on: The Fair Taxers Are Rallying, Too

By: Hot News » Fair Tax

Hot News » Fair Tax — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:00:51 +0000

[...] Alliance…Carolina Politics Online » Fair Tax/Tea Party Rallies in Columbia Wednesday…The Fair Taxers Are Rallying, Too :: FITSNews…Roanoke Area FairTax » IT’S HERE: TAX DAY TEA PARTY!!…10 DINO Democratic Senators Pushed [...]

By: NoFairTax

NoFairTax — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:47:44 +0000

I’m no fan of the current system, but the ‘Fair’tax clearly isn’t the answer. Just because someone opposes the ‘Fair’Tax doesn’t mean that they support the current system – it just means that they can think for themselves.

The ‘Fair’Tax is designed to be revenue neutral, which means that the government would collect just as much tax money with the ‘fair’tax as it does now! Under the ‘fair’tax the poor would pay less due to the prebates, the vast majority of the the rich would pay far less in tax than they do now, and businesses would pay zero federal tax. That means that the middle class would be paying more, because the difference has to come from somewhere.

Bush’s Tax Advisory Panel’s study found that the middle class’ tax rate would actually go up under the ‘fair’tax – although they did slightly alter it by factoring in fraud and eliminating the government taxing itself (its unrealistic to claim that those changes wouldn’t be necessary).

Like Ron Paul has said, our real tax problem is with runaway government spending. This has been a trend ever since Reagan took office – although now massive government spending is one of the main things ‘priming the pump’ of our economy, and now is NOT the time to cut government spending. In general, we do need to cut it considerably though, once the economy is healthy again.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:57:47 +0000

You people are such sheep….They have you so trained
Debating something that should not be debated because it sould not exist.
There should be NO income tax..we dont need it.The amount we collect is minimal to what we spend.We can roll back spending and just get rid of it all.
The government collects more than enough fees from other streams…GEE how did we survive before 1910???DUHHHH
Where is Mel Gibson when you need him…FREEDOM!!!!!

By: NoFairTax

NoFairTax — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:25:40 +0000

37% of the goods currently sold in the USA are imported. That means that there’s no embedded taxes in them, thus no chance of them coming down in price. And when you add the 30% (exclusive rate) tax to them, that means that almost 40% of the goods sold in the USA will increase in price by almost a third.

I do agree that in the long run that this would mean manufacturing jobs coming back to the USA, but how long would that take? I’d say at least a year or two for most industries, possibly longer for others…thats a long time for the middle class consumers to take it up the tailpipe in the meantime. And even then, would US manufacturers be able to produce goods as cheaply as they are in China and southeast Asia, where people work for dollars a day (if they’re lucky)?

There’s a lot of other flaws with the ‘Fair’Tax. For instance,it would heavily penalize those with steep medical bills, and it’s tax-free status for pre-owned items would be the nail in the coffin for the US auto industry. Plus, what is ‘fair’ about a celebrity buying a multi-million dollar estate tax free when a family that rents has to pay an extra 30% on their rent EVERY month? And the unemployed would be getting another check from the government, of our hard-earned tax dollars every month.

By: Truth.Is.All.You.Need!!

Truth.Is.All.You.Need!! — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:03:00 +0000

Understand this, its easy to understand! Everyone fighting for this fairtax is doing so because they believe they will better them selves by paying less tax and if they do then the tax rate will have to go up, WAY UP!! its the nature of it, if you spend less then you pay less, BUT then you have saved to the point of costing people jobs and at the same time the tax rate will have to rise.

By: RallyThis

RallyThis — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:00:19 +0000

The FairTax is a 30% exclusive sales tax and you will not have a larger pay check, The employer gets to keep the part you currently pay toward taxes, Should read Boortz straightening out some confusion page. Here is a little of what Boortz explains and I think this sums it up pretty good -( “Does this 22% include the income and payroll taxes that are paid by employees? Yes, it does. So … what does this mean to your paycheck after the FairTax becomes law? When the FairTax is implemented, and when business and personal income and payroll taxes disappear, your employer is going to have to make a decision. He will either take some or the entire amount he had been withholding for federal income and payroll taxes and add it to your weekly check, or he will readjust your pay figures so that your entire paycheck will be equal to what you used to call “take home pay” before the FairTax.”)– http://boortz.com/nuze/200509/09152005.html

By: RallyThis

RallyThis — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:58:44 +0000

I don’t see how the FairTax is Voluntary. Have you ever read the Bill, Unless you live in a tent on someone else’s land and grow your own food and walk everywhere it’s not voluntary, because everything’s going to be taxed, RENT, FOOD, BANKING, EVEN FREE CHECKING, BABYSITTING, HEATH CARE, CAR+HOME INSURANCE, POWER+PHONE+CABLE BILLS, EVERY DOLLAR TOWARD GAS + HEATING OIL It even Taxes THE GOVERNMENTS- FEDERAL, STATE & TOWN, EVEN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, IT TAXES EVERYTHING, even your Childs LITTLE LEAGUE BALLGAME,+ CHURCH FUNDRAISERS GETS TAXED!!. .
PLEASE DO GO SEE!!! and while your at it read and understand the whole thing. http://www.fairtax.org/PDF/PlainEnglishSummary_TheFairTaxAct2007.pdf

By: Pres

Pres — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:15:42 +0000

Tarheel,
You do have a point except for Obama saying he would cut spending, not put any lobbyists in his cabinet, allow a week for a bill to be read and understood before he would sign it, etc., etc.

By: cecee

cecee — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:27:57 +0000

How many members of Obama’s very own, hand-picked Cabinent are tax cheats? HMMM….?

By: TarHeel85

TarHeel85 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:46:39 +0000

Pres – I see why people called Bush a liar, because he did. Time and time again. But you just called your new President a liar without any justification. THAT is ignorant.