[Cheburashka]

Fair Tax does not replace excise taxes imposed on imported goods.

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Why not? If it’s a “Fair Tax” why not abolish all import taxes, and let Americans save big bucks by importing their cars, computers, refrigerators etc. from overseas? I mean, its so "fair", there shouldn’t be a need for any other tax.

You could even save money on a house by buying a kit overseas, and assembling it on your vacant lot. At one time Sears used to sell house kits just like that.

I haven’t been able to figure out a way to buy real estate overseas and import it into the U.S., but I I’m sure someone’s cogitating on that. and will come up with a way.

[phil_will1]

“I haven’t been able to figure out a way to buy real estate overseas and import it into the U.S...”

Ahhhhhh, the old “they’ll be smuggling real estate across the border” objection! I haven’t seen that one in a year or more. Some posters didn’t believe me when I told them on later threads that some SQL actually raised that as an objection.

But here it is, once again!!! I’ll have to figure out a way to bookmark this post.