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To: GadareneDemoniac
If you have an employment contract, the answer will be a. $1,000. A change in the tax law does not affect your employer's obligation to cough up the full amount your agreed-upon pay.

However, this means that before-tax prices will generally not fall enough to offset the FairTax. They will fall a bit (as producers are relieved of administrative overhead costs, and forced by competition to pass the savings along), but not by anywhere near 20%.

51 posted on 09/08/2005 6:58:10 AM PDT by steve-b (A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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To: steve-b

And of course, all of this is just talking about the immediate effects. By the same Jorgensen model, the economic growth in the country would be astounding (9% growth), and as the saying goes "a rising tide lifts all boats".


53 posted on 09/08/2005 7:06:31 AM PDT by kevkrom ("Political looters" should be shot on sight)
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To: steve-b

You haven't considered the business income tax costs that are presently embedded into prices as increased prices caused solely by the tax system.

With the removal of these tax costs (which include not only business taxes but also compliance costs) prices will drop a good noticeably. Your claim of "not anywhere near 20%" is merely that - a claim which is backed by no facts. Time will tell as more information becomes available.


191 posted on 09/11/2005 7:45:23 AM PDT by pigdog
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