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People like Ken come from listeners to shows like this who selectively choose the information they expose themselves to based on what the host of the show reccomends. In most cases this is better than the woefully and willfully ignorant majority of people.<br> <br> I'm not 100% onboard with the Fair Tax, but I'm not a knee-jerk detractor, either. There are serious questions that have been raised by doubters about how much weight the abolition of income tax will actually have in practice. I've read the pro-Fair Tax books, and I feel that they don't adequately address this.<br> <br> However, simply opposing the bill because it's just another tax isn't very intelligent, either. It is definitely far less invasive to individuals and businesses than our current system. I'm sure the compliance costs would be so drastically cheaper to warrant a look based simply on that.<br> <br> I agree with the sentiment that it makes the tax burden less apparent to individuals. I don't think that's a good thing, but I also don't think most people have a clue what their tax burden is when you add in the additional consumers costs that stem from business taxes and the compliance costs associated with them.<br> <br> The problem is that economic and tax issues are so incredibly complicated, it's hard to distill them down into an easily readable book or talking points. There are people who have studied these issues for their entire lives who can't agree on what lay people on places like this state as "obvious." The government's role in the economy shouldn't be that entangled, but this is the world we live in. Any change is going to be painfull. The Fair Tax zealots who preach how much of an instant boon this system would be are either misleading their audience or have been misled themselves. That's not to say that change wouldn't (or would) be a net positive, but a massive restructuring is going to be chaotic and fraut with unforseen problems.
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