[Man50D]

Even Forbes' "flat tax on a postcard" didn't fly, and you can't get simpler than that.

It will get simpler with The Fair Tax because there will be no tax forms to fill out! Fair Tax on a receipt. That's as simple as it can be.

The Fair Tax? Forget it.

Tell that to the growing number of Fair Tax volunteers.

Can you explain to me why, if prices and take home pay remain the same under the Fair Tax, the prebate is necessary? You can't. And that's a very simple question.

The simple is answer can be found in post #13.

[robertpaulsen]

"It will get simpler with The Fair Tax because there will be no tax forms to fill out!"

My bad. I meant simpler to understand.

"The simple is answer can be found in post #13."

That's "an" answer, sure. But that can't be "the" answer.

We're going to turn the tax system of this country on its head, a tax system that's been in place almost 100 years and -- oh, by the way -- since we're doing that we've decided that now is a good time to come up with the philosophy that "nobody, not even Bill Gates, should have to pay taxes on the basics of life"?WHAT? Why now all of a sudden?

Well gosh, while we're at it, maybe it's also a good time to introduce the philosophy of "why should the poor have to pay the same amount for the basics of life"? A loaf of bread for the poor should be 3 cents and for Bill Gates $300. He can afford it. Why should the poor be subsidizing the cost of food for Bill Gates?

And another thing while we're at it. Just what is so wrong with, "From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs"? Gosh, that sounds so fair.