Alright. It's time to clear up some things because any second now some of y'all are going to have a severe stupid attack.
For starters:
Because it would punish people for spending their money. It's their money and you are going to reach into their pocket and take more of it simply because they want to use it? How is that fair? They worked for that money and should be able to use it anyweay they want. A national sales tax is socialistic
That post is really, really, really, wrong. Which is more fair? Taxing the money you make (all of it) or the money you spend? Taxing only what you spend on new goods and services means that you are not taxed on every cent you made. Stop and do the math without leaping into the fires of partizan idiocy.
i could support it, as long as it exempts food and medical
Bad idea. The more you exempt now, the higher the tax rate will have to be. And, exemptions now will lead to more exemptions later. Keep the regs short, sweet and to the point.
One reason I can't stand Mike Huckabee: he knows nothing about money. The problem with a system like that is every dollar earned and not spent (invested, earnings on investments) will never be taxed. If I make $60,000 a year, and I live off of $25,000 of it, I can put $35,000 a year into the bank, earn a good interest rate, and I'll never have to pay taxes on it unless I withdraw it to spend it.
Huckabee's a retard.
Dude, reread what you wrote. Retarded? Get a dictionary. The word you are looking for is "Fair". And it aint Huckabees plan. It was proposed by Representative Linder from GA. If you are going to disrespect someone, at least study on it ok?
Black Market? So what. It'll give the FBI something to do. The overwhelming majority of Americans will simply truck on down to the 7-11 and buy slurpees. Used goods are not taxed. The used car industry will boom. Most houses sold are not new. Thus they won't be taxed.
The IRS is the closest thing to the Gestapo in America. Consider this:
They know every personal detail about you going back to your childhood.
They know what you do, where you have lived, when you got a raise or promotion.
They know your family members names and ssn's.
And as if that invasion of your 4th amendment rights to privacy are not enough...... Here is a neat lil twist courtesy of the income tax.
In our justice system you are innocent until proven guilty. Not so in the world of the income tax. Every year you bust out the ol 1040 to update the mandated dossier they keep on you. Every year you bust out the ol 1040 to
prove to them that you have paid your fair share. You are assumed to owe the .gov money until your 1040 proves your case. You pay penalties and interest, they don't pay you penalties and interest. Look up the property seizure provisions of the tax courts as well.
The fairtax allows us to eliminate a huge civil liberty sucking behemoth while still supporting the .gov with revenues needed to operate. Your privacy is protected since most day to day purchases are anonymous. The logistics are already in place in all fifty states I think for collecting state sales taxes. Thus the national sales tax can be implemented with little to no increase in the size of the .gov.
RTFB guys. Google Fairtax.org and Amazon.com author Linder/Boortz
Of course it won't pass because pols cannot give away the power they have to reward and/or punish by tweaking the tax code.
