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04-17-2017, 11:36 PM #11
It has nothing to do with welfare. It's the same thing as the personal and dependent deduction on income tax. When you claim the personal and dependent deductions on your income tax return, does that mean you're on welfare? It's the same thing. According to the Rasmussen Poll I posted for this thread, Americans still want their deductions, they still want their mortgage interest "welfare". They would rather have their "tax welfare" than lower tax rates.
Under the income tax, no one pays income taxes unless you have income above the sum of the personal and dependent deductions, earned income tax credit, child care tax credit and mortgage interest deduction. So .... put that group with the group that has no income at all because they're out of the work force and you're a long, long, long way from "everyone should pay some taxes". In 2012, 47% of our population paid no income tax at all, it's probably higher now.
Based on this poll I posted, it appears Americans will want their Rebate under the FairTax, because they don't want to pay federal tax on what they believe are their essentials, even if it would mean lower tax rates and less tax for them overall. It's like they can't do the math in their heads while on the phone with a pollster.
I love the FairTax, the economists who came up with it were brilliant, they thought of everything. The 10 economists spent 3 years doing the work on it, and they did a really good job. I can't find one thing wrong with it so far. I'd prefer a lower tax rate than the Rebate, but I understand why they have the Rebate, and that's because most of the population prefers it.
By the way, the government didn't have anything to do with the FairTax. It was developed by private business people.
Anyway, I think for this year, they're going to tweak the income tax again and I hope that works out because if they do what Trump is asking for, our companys will start expanding again and many many of those companies with operations overseas will start bringing them home in the matter of a few months. When yo see what happens by dropping this corporate and business rate to 15%, just imagine what it would be like under the FairTax, where their rate is 0%. JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!!A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
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04-17-2017, 11:57 PM #12A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
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04-18-2017, 02:11 PM #13
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First off, I think the prebate is not so much about people as it is about control. This is what bothers me.
I think they are selling this to people as it not being fair to be taxed for essentials, because a large segment of our population pays no income tax already. So, you can buy their vote by assuring them they are going to be getting a check each and every month.
Everybody has some kind of income, just not everybody pays taxes.
Also, knowing the government as I do,I'm sure there will be an increase in the cost of living for welfare recipients to cover any taxes they might pay on purchases.
So, this has covered the base, and it is a real voting base, of the people who depend on welfare for a living. You have them sewed up tight.
But I believe the real reason is to keep tabs and strings on the American people, and increase the bureaucracy. Each and every month, each and every household will request a refund. That requires a large bureaucracy. Then each and every month they will receive a check. That requires a large bureaucracy.
So each and every American is going to have to be in touch with the government and they will have a month to month information as to where you live.
That just sounds pretty bad to me - and just totally unnecessary.
Why not just make exemptions on certain things. It's simple. Yes, the rich will enjoy more money from the exemptions, but they will also pay more than the poor on other things.
Just put the tax out there, exempt certain necessities - and get rid of the IRS and all that glut of government employees and have a very small bureaucracy to process the permits and the returns from the collectors of taxes.
It is so simple - let's don't make it complicated.
But - it won't happen for that reason.
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04-18-2017, 03:19 PM #14So each and every American is going to have to be in touch with the government and they will have a month to month information as to where you live.
That just sounds pretty bad to me - and just totally unnecessary.
It's really very simple. Government doesn't send checks, SSA sends them and most people today receiving money from SSA use direct deposit or smart cards.
There is no monthly contact, each year, you may have to refresh your household account to make any changes needed, if not, then you just click no changes or make whatever changes have occurred, but that will be done on-line for most.A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
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04-18-2017, 09:13 PM #15
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I didn't realize it wouldn't be requested each month, BUT it will be checks each month. I realize they don't 'cut' many checks anymore, but it is book work.
The worst part is the fact Americans will become dependent or those checks - it is just the way it is.
Also, the fact that it is part of SS is just wrong. There are enough things 'administered' out of SS as it is -
I do appreciate the information.
It didn't change my mind, people getting money from the government each month, just doesn't sit right and to do it through SS shouldn't happen.
As far as SS knowing about deaths - don't count on it.
I knew a young man who died at age 16. His parents got a very threatening letter when he reached 21 because he hadn't yet registered for Selective Service.
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04-18-2017, 09:22 PM #16
It's not book work once it's set up unless there are changes. And don't forget, this is the Social Security Administration that is today doing all that "book work" on payroll taxes every month. The payroll taxes are eliminated, so there's a lot less of that. Your earnings are still reported to accrue your benefits for when you retire, but there's no more processing of individual worker's and employer's payroll taxes. Imagine all those savings in bureaucracy and book work because the FairTax eliminates all that. Instead, they handle the Rebate, one Household payment a month, for whoever signs up for it that covers numerous people, instead of all those worker and employer tax calculations, verification and entries for the tax payments now required per worker. And that's all done now by hand with forms filled out by employers and deposits made by employers to the banks to transmit to SSA. Oh it substantially reduces the work of the SSA. The rebates are easy peasy stuff compared to all that.
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04-18-2017, 09:56 PM #17
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No SS taxes?
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04-18-2017, 11:25 PM #18
CORRECT!!! The FairTax REPEALS ALL INCOME-BASED TAXES. Corporate, personal, payroll (SS and Medicare), dividend, interest, gift, inheritance, and capital gains taxes. It does not repeal excise taxes, gas taxes, tariffs, customs, duties and so forth. But ALL INCOME TAXES covered by the IRS and the Internal Revenue Code including payroll taxes, both employer and employee are repealed by the FairTax. That's why the rate of 23% consists of actually 2 retail sales taxes: 8.09% earmarked for Social Security Administration for Social Security Benefits and Medicare, and then 14.91% to fund General Revenue that funds our government. The total adds up to 23%.
So when people do their math, they need to realize they aren't just saving personal income tax, they are also saving payroll taxes as well, same with the employers.
For a household that earns the average household income in the US which is a little over $50,000 a year, they save around $4,000 a year in savings just on their 7.65% payroll tax withholding, they save their personal individual income tax which is probably around $8,000 and still qualify for the Rebate to pay their FairTaxes on essentials up to the Household Consumption Allowance.
So they save $12,000 or so on withholding taxes plus if they're a citizen or legal resident, and sign up for the Rebate, they'll receive $210 per adult and about $70 per child. So a family of four (2 adults and 2 kids), their rebate would be 210 x 2 or $420 plus 70 x 2 or $140 for a total of $560 per month which is the 23% of the Household Consumption Allowance for a couple with 2 kids, which is about the same as what they would have claimed in personal and dependent deductions on their income tax return. $560 x 12 = $6,720 a year.
So I would like for someone to explain to me how putting a total of $19,000 a year into the pockets of our middle class is killing our middle class, which is what the Anti-FairTax Lobby claims??!!! How is that possible? It isn't. It's a huge lie.
Everyone benefits from the FairTax. Poor, working poor, middle class, upper middle class, upper class, wealthy, young, middle-aged, seniors, companies, employers, big corporations, small companies, entrepreneurs, manufacturers, retailers, Social Security and Medicare which is robustly funded by the FairTax, everyone benefits.A Nation Without Borders Is Not A Nation - Ronald Reagan
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04-19-2017, 01:06 AM #19
What Happened to My Social Security?
The plan calls for people to stop paying social security - both the employees and employers share. That's it...just stop paying it. Just take it out of the general fund. No plan for social security survival. No plan at all...just stop paying social security and Medicare and it will all magically sort itself out. Except that the plan cuts the estate tax, gift tax, and capital gains taxes to the tune of $700 billion a year so the treasury will suffer a major major major shortage of funds. Where will the money come from?
Take the money out of the general fund? Hold on there. That's not accurate. No matter what they say, taxes will go up or benefits will go down. You can't just take $700 billion out of the budget, give it to the wealthy, and expect this so-called "revenue neutral" plan to run everything like it is today on what is left over. Benefits will have to be cut. After all, we only have a limited budget and do have defense contractors to feed - why should we look out for "special interests" like the elderly?Does that scare you? It should. This will hurt your parents, your grandparents, and eventually you. In order to make social security work we need more funds, not less. We need to make the rich pay social security tax on all income - not just up to the cut off point. We need to keep the social security money out of the control of the President and Congress.
What about your retirement savings? Under the FairTax plan if you have existing money it is taxed twice - once long ago when you earned it and saved it in the bank and once when you spend it under the new FairTax. Got money in a Roth IRA? As soon as you buy something with that money you will pay the 30% FairTax tax. There is no provision for people who already have lots of money in retirement savings and in Roth IRA's - they are simply taxed twice. The elderly will be hit the worst. What's really sad is that health insurance for the elderly is hugely expensive because the elderly need more care - and because medical expenses, surgery, and prescription drugs are 30 percent taxable under the FairTax plan, those few dollars the elderly put away will soon vanish into thin air. The No-Tax plan is an alternative elderly-friendly plan that puts the taxes where they belong - back on the wealthy.
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04-19-2017, 01:45 AM #20The plan calls for people to stop paying social security - both the employees and employers share. That's it...just stop paying it. Just take it out of the general fund. No plan for social security survival. No plan at all...just stop paying social security and Medicare and it will all magically sort itself out.
The FairTax rate of 23% is the sum of two taxes: 1. 8.09% Social Security and Medicare tax and 2. 14.91% General Revenue Tax to fund the government. If you add the two statutory taxes together, 8.09 plus 14.91, that's the combined total FairTax rate of 23%. The 8.09% Social Security and Medicare Tax is earmarked by the statute for SSA to fund the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds. This is all outlined and clearly detailed in the FairTax Act legislation for anyone who wants to read it. Just look up HR 25 at the US House of Representatives website.
What about your retirement savings? Under the FairTax plan if you have existing money it is taxed twice - once long ago when you earned it and saved it in the bank and once when you spend it under the new FairTax. Got money in a Roth IRA? As soon as you buy something with that money you will pay the 30% FairTax tax. There is no provision for people who already have lots of money in retirement savings and in Roth IRA's - they are simply taxed twice.
The Roth IRA is not tax deductible, but the earnings grow and accrue so long as you don't violate the rules, tax-free. So you didn't pay income tax all those years on your earnings. Now when you draw it out and if you spend it on new goods and services, then yes, those purchases will be subject to the FairTax. But you aren't paying twice. The prices you pay are the same as you would pay with the income tax system. So you get away with never having paid income tax on your earnings, you can sign up for a Rebate if you want for the FairTax on your essentials, so you walk away like bandits.
The FairTax is extremely favorable to retirees. It not only robustly funds Social Security and Medicare, you walk away never having paid income tax on your tax-deferred earnings, and get a Rebate to pay FairTax on your essentials. Plus if you use it to help your family, their is no gift tax, no inheritance tax if you die for anyone to pay, plus if you invest it in a beach condo or a cabin on the lake or a place in a retirement village, so long as you're not the first person to live in it, you don't even pay FairTax on that, because it's not a new good, it's a used home. Same with cars, RV's, and a host of other things retirees like to spend on.
Trying to scare older people with fake news and false information to try to rally opposition to a FairTax that will benefit everyone including them is really a low way to go.Last edited by Judy; 04-19-2017 at 01:48 AM.
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