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Originally posted by GatorB
Ok if you are making say $7 and hour you get ZERO $ taken out for income taxes and $21 for FICA taxes. So out of $280 you keep $259. Now with this sales tax you get the whole $280 but if you spend $150 on food, clothing, toilet paper etc. You pay $35 in national sales tax. Exactly how are you coming out better?
If some one wants to buy a TV and they want a $500 TV but then they see they have to pay 23% sale taxe they aren't going t buy that TV they buy the $300 TV. This is good for the store selling the TV?
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You may also want to think of it this way GatorB....
Let's say we were building the USA from scratch today.
You are the Ben Franklin of today.
We need to make a tax system.
Would you pick
a) the current system which is filled with red-tape, loopholes, accountants, IRS, lawyers, etc
or
b) the most simple tax system... nobody can avoid paying taxes.
Which makes the most sense?
Many people choose their postition on FairTax because it was brought out by "Republicans" even before knowing anything about it.