> “The Fairtax is over complicated and will require a massive bureaucracy to track and print all those checks.”
Nonsense again. The federal government under GW Bush in 2008 ***twice*** printed tax rebate checks as a stimulus/ More than 140 million checks went out both times without a hitch. Your argument here is dead on its face.
> “If you don’t owe it, don’t send it to DC in the first place. This whole scheme is plain stupid.”
Take a look in the mirror. You’re like the people that complained the FairTax would take away their mortgage deduction. Hello? There is no income tax under the FairTax, therefore no deductions needed!
I asked you THREE TIMES on previous posts in this thread how you would accomplish prohibiting federal taxes for any spending below the poverty line meaning the level of spending for the essentials of living and you have no reponse.
> “The Fairtax is still progressive, some will pay for others checks. That alone should give people pause.”
Nonsense yet again. No one is paying for anyone else’s check. 99.9% of everyone spends to the level of poverty and most spend beyond. The only people that do not spend to the level of poverty are the mentally ill, the homeless and those in a coma in a clinic. They are not qualified rebate receivers under the FairTax.
As for the progressivity of the FairTax, it is that way by design of a uniform tax cut known as the Tax Rebate. It leaves old people on Social Security pensions untaxed while barely noticeable by the wealthy. And it is the same for everyone, rich or poor.
In conclusion, you haven’t got an argument of merit, not even close.
I am aFRaid that you have engaged one of the Nattering Nabobs of Negativism who lurk on these threads.
HST, and since he/she is not taking our advice to educate him/herself re: the FairTax, I’d suggest you keep answering his/her questions/snarky comments in the hope that other FReepers will read your well thought out comments and thereby become more knowledgeable.
Keep up the good work!