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Originally Posted by GatorB
Listen we already have a rebate system it's called Earned Income Credit. And then you still need an IRS and to have people make sure people get their rebates and to check for people scamming the system. How is this simplfying things?
The whole idea that someone gives the government $1000 over the coruse of a year then the governement gives it all back to them is retarded. Why not just not have them pay it in the first place? How many tax $$$ are going into creating jobs for people to recieve the $1000 and then to send it back to the taxpayer?
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You can get a better feel for what Fairtax.org suggests by reading over the site, I cut to the chase and gave a short thumbnail sketch of the rebate system. A flat tax, even with the addition of a rebate system, would be less of a mess then our current structure.
Now, you can jump on Huckabee for even presenting this idea, but even if it isn't the right idea for America at this moment...it at least stimulates discussion on the topic of tax reform.
Even if the idea of a flat tax sucks, let the other candidates come up with something better instead of doing what politicians do nowadays, they say, "We're for tax reform" and they never state their policy or plans.
Huckabee stood a snowball's chance in hell of winning anything, so I like candidates that have no chance throwing topics into the debate and let the frontrunners be forced to deal with the issues, forced to come up with platforms, etc, etc.
Haven't we elected enough people that just say shit to get elected with no plan of action? I think we have.