[Man50D]

I see a government office bigger than the IRS due to the prebates outlined in the Fair Tax.

Your statement tells me you haven't seen The Fair Tax Act Of 2007 or visited Americans For Fair Taxation website. Having done so you would have read the existing Treasury Department will administer the prebate. The government is going to determine eligibility for monthly prebate checks?

The government does already through the Department Of Health And Human Services. The size of the rebate is determined by the DHHS poverty level guideline multiplied by the tax rate. This is a well-accepted, long-used poverty-level calculation that includes food, clothing, shelter, transportation, medical care, etc. Fair Tax FAQ #3

The Fair tax will have many more “eligible” families than SSA to distribute monthly checks to.

What specific data do you have to back up an otherwise vague claim?

ALL taxpayers, but have trouble supporting the Fair Tax for these reasons.

It is obvious you haven't read the bill or visited the AFFT website based on your erroneous comments. I suggest you do so before making anymore comments.

[lewislynn]

Ahem!

`SEC. 304. REBATE MECHANISM.

`(a) General Rule- The Social Security Administration shall provide a monthly sales tax rebate to duly registered qualified families in an amount determined in accordance with section 301.

[jwh_Denver]

If you think this Fair Tax would remain fair with our corrupt politicians you haven’t learned much about our government.

[VRW Conspirator]

I am all for it. I hope that the organizers of the Fair Tax hire media consultants to sell the idea to liberals not just Republicans and Libertarians.

[tbw2]

I agree with your concerns - The government is going to determine eligibility for monthly prebate checks?

There should not be prebate checks. Everyone should pay the flat tax. Otherwise, you’ll end up with a sales tax that only the rich pay, and probably a higher rate on them with paybacks to the “poor”.
Talk about robbing peter to pay paul ...

[CIDKauf]

Thank you for posting the thread, as I actually did read the Fair Tax information, believe it or not, and my concern is the government beuracracy that is required to accomplish monthly prebate checks along with what I percieve to be other problems.
How does the Fair Tax repeal an amendment to the Constitution? How does the Fair Tax deal with SCOTUS decisions such as Fleming v. Nestor (1960) or Helvering v. Davis (1937) or:
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5776
How does the Fair Tax deal with the $27 trillion dollar OASDI trust fund? Hey I am on your side about tax reform and dealing with SS reform, but I’m not sure this is the answer.

[CIDKauf]

Where have you been?