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1. 1 On July 10th, 2007, Rose Paul said:

   We went to the South Carolina Fair Tax Rally in Columbia and listened to Mr Paul speak.
   You will see us at every Fair Tax Rally or get together in driving distance of South Carolina.

   posted on July 10th, 2007 at 9:59 am

2. 2 On July 11th, 2007, mamagrizzly said:

   That’s awesome! You’ll see my husband at every Fair Tax rally too!

   posted on July 11th, 2007 at 6:27 am

3. 3 On July 17th, 2007, Greg Cruey said:

   A big selling point for the “fair tax” seems to be that it is “progressive.” I’m not sure what “progressive” is meant to mean in the context of this tax proposal, but the so-called “fair tax” proponents seem to what to say that their tax proposal treats everyone the same while at the same time treating the poor in a manner that is “progressive.”

   Define progressive. It sounds like double speak. “We’re concerned about the poor and so to show our concern we’re going to treat them exactly the same way we treat doctors and lawyers…”

   We tax money. We tax it when it moves. I agree that the current system is fragmented and obtuse, and that there are loopholes that should be closed. But I haven’t heard a moral argument for taxing money when it moves away from you (when you spend it) instead of when it moves toward you (when you make it). Yet the “fair tax” crowd functions with a tone that presuppose the moral superiority of their position.

   The truth is that the “fair tax” reduces the percentage of the federal budget that is collected from the rich and increases the percentage of the federal budget that is collected from the bottom half of society. It does so by NOT TAXING money that rich people decide NOT to spend. Rich people have the luxury of not spending large portions of their income; the poor and much of the middle class spend almost every penny they make in order to make ends meet. Under the “fair tax” those people (teachers, nurses, police officers, most military personnel, most industry workers, etc.) will pay taxes on a much larger percentage of their income than what doctors, lawyers, bankers and stock brokers will pay taxes on. How is THAT fair?

   The fallacy of the “fair tax” position is that they make it sound like normal Americans don’t have to spend their money if they don’t want to.

   As badly as America needs tax reform, the “fair tax” (and most other sales tax proposals) are only fair to the rich…

   posted on July 17th, 2007 at 10:37 am

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