[Uriah_lost]

I'll say it again for this thread....Every day at the State Probation and Parole office where I work, I see clients (we have to call them clients now) drive up in cars that had to cost more than I make in a year, sometimes two years. They walk in with the latest fashions, newest cell phones, and a couple of pounds of "bling" to turn in their paycheck stubs to prove that they are still employed at the local Hardee's, part time, for 7.50 an hour. Hmmm I think, where is all the money coming from to support this lifestyle? Ya think the $79 that's coming out of his paycheck is "his fair share"? I'm just guessing here but it doesn't seem to be too much of a stretch to figure that a tax on CONSUMPTION would be a good way to get a little more acurate share of what he ACTUALLY makes......ya think?

[Principled]

I'm just guessing here but it doesn't seem to be too much of a stretch to figure that a tax on CONSUMPTION would be a good way to get a little more acurate share of what he ACTUALLY makes......ya think?

I agree with everything you say, but I'd like to change one thing...

a tax on CONSUMPTION would be a good way to get a little more acurate share of what he ACTUALLY SPENDS...

[StJacques]

On your "Every day . . . I see . . ." post -- sorry, almost missed it.

The FairTax will not eliminate the undergound economy, because nothing will, but it will give the government a share of what the underground economy now produces when its proceeds are laundered spent. That's one more aspect of its "fairness."

[lucysmom]

I'm just guessing here but it doesn't seem to be too much of a stretch to figure that a tax on CONSUMPTION would be a good way to get a little more acurate share of what he ACTUALLY makes......ya think?

You really think the guy with the bling is going to pay retail plus 30% at the local WalMart?