I had heard that Obama was introduced to the idea of the Fair Tax by an Illinois judge who happens to be one of his mentors. I think that in order to pay for all of this planned government spending we will need to implement the Fair Tax. Mr. Boortz, what do we need to do to get your message taken seriously by the masses? It is very frustrating when I speak with people about the Fair Tax and they have no idea what it is all about, yet when I ask them if they would like to take home more money in their pay checks by eliminating federal income taxes, they are all for it!!!

> Barack Obama says that he wants to
> pare down the "monstrous" tax code to
> make it simpler for Americans to
> pursue the American dream.

I can only assume Obama wants to simplify the tax code by only taxing "the evil rich".

• The UnfairTax makes no mention of state and local deductions when it claims “You’ll keep 100% of your paycheck!” No, you won’t.

• It skims over the fact that the home-mortgage deduction would go away, and yet it claims home ownership would go UP, rather than down. Actually, home values would be likely to decline.

• It claims a 23% sales tax rate, when it would actually be at least 30%. The cost of manufactured goods would be even higher, since the cost of raw materials to make them is also taxed.

• The plan assumes full compliance and a trivial evasion rate, rather than the entirely predictable “black market” that would spring up to evade these new sales taxes. The 30%-sales-tax incentive to participate in an underground economy would, in turn, result in far less revenue than our current system.

• It eliminates deductions for charitable contributions, putting the poor and elderly (remember, they have no income any more and are living solely on consumer spending out of savings plans that have already been taxed) in a worse position.

• It overlooks that governmental expenditures will themselves by affected by the increased sales tax on federal purchases.

• The plan assumes that consumer spending will continue as before; as noted, this is unlikely, and we’ve already seen the effects of reduced spending in a consumer-driven economy such as ours. It’s called a “recession.”

• It makes no attempt to address the cost of the transition itself.

• It treats expenses such as household debt interest, home purchases, rent, medical bills, utilities and even stamps as “consumption” in order to assume a 100% tax base.

• The rate is not indexed for inflation.

• The UnfairTax claims to be “revenue neutral” and that it “exactly equals the cost of embedded taxes,” which is a contradiction. (To be revenue-neutral, it would have to equal embedded taxes PLUS current income taxes PLUS current estate taxes.)

http://www.karlonia.com/2007/04/16/fair-tax-pros-and-cons/

1- open your checbook
2 - check your balance
3 - Keep 100, send the rest to me.

"What do you think my chances are of getting that one in front of the president for consideration? More likely than my chances with Angelina Jolie?" Or you growing a full head of hair!! HEY-oh, thank you, thank you very much.

I read a lot of commentary & conjecture from you folks concerning the FairTax, but not much more. I perceive those of us here to be fairly intelligent. So please humor us with some FACTS that you can build your opposition on that will allow us the opportunity to either concede or rebut.

This is not some "get you" thing. I am merely in search of solid evidence that the FairTax is bogus. To date, everything that opponents have thrown at the FairTax has been dispelled or reputed - WITH FACTS. Oddly, when this happens, the opponent makes some nebulous comment and, figuratively speaking, leaves.

Am I a supporter? Yes. But I'm also a skeptic about most things in life except for my religious beliefs. My point being, I'm open to your take on the FairTax as long as you can cite facts (sorry - I'm an Engineer).

So there....the floor is open.

Neal et al
I have been telling you all that the stinking muslim marxist in the white house is a stinking muslim marxist and a non us citizen.

Well only a stinking marxist muslim would want to cover images of christian icons at one of our universities, one founded by a religious group many years ago.

So be afraid, be very afraid.

Yeah, he wants a code that would say; "Send me all your money."

"I don't believe I've heard of it."

You obviously don't track congressional bills.

"Linder first sponsored the "Fair Tax Act" in the House in July of 1999, and has reintroduced a FairTax bill at the beginning of every term of Congress since then, including the current one." --http://www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance168.html

NOTE: This source does NOT like the FairTax. Instead, like Ron Paul, he deems ANY confiscation of your wealth as immoral, and unfair. How's that for unbiased sources?

If only the GOP leadership had any brains and/or cojones, they'd include FairTax in a new contract with America... I'm suuure that the MSM would give FairTax a fair look ... about the same time my dog surfs the net.

Obama's definition for paring down the tax code is eliminating deductions for middle class America who can still file a detailed tax long form. The result is higher taxes. The best way to get your point across is to save your money and not spend it. When the gov. starts to starve they will get the point.

don't think the republican LEADERSHIP wants the fair tax any more that the democrats.

lobbyists wouldn't approve

You have a helluva better chance with Angie (turn out the lights and you cannot see the tats).

It is the best tax option but too many jobs will be lost. Not gonna happen in this economy.

Neal, why haven't you and John Linder parlayed your popularity into a Georgia state fair tax? The Fair Tax needs a beta test to prove and/or disprove its viability.

Neal, Neal, Neal...Angelina has tattoos and therefore is beneath your level of contempt. Why would you lower yourself to this level? or are you saying some tattoos are good, or that they should be overlooked sometimes?