Thread: FairTax and Trade

Originally Posted by Judy

What claims will not come to fruition? You don't think taxing imports will reduce imports?

All of your claims!

The idea of tariffs on imported items is to raise the price to meet an equivalent price for an American product. Your tax would raise the price of all products leaving the import with the advantage it would have if we didn't have a sales tax. The tariff is only applied to the imported products, and that is the equalizer!

Originally Posted by Judy

You don't think taxing illegal aliens instead of handing them tax refund welfare will curb illegal immigration?

You are apparently too ignorant to read what I have written several times. It is an insignificant burden!

Originally Posted by Judy

The FairTax doesn't track profit. There is no FairTax on profit. There is no profit to "track", so there is no "untracked profit" with the FairTax.

And there is no record to see. So anything sold out the back door can add 23% to the profit on the item. Pretty attractive to many.

Originally Posted by Judy

No, the FairTax is not "rated" to replace the taxes it's eliminating.

So it cannot reduce the National Debt. ANOTHER OF YOUR FALSE CLAIMS FOR YOUR SNAKE-OIL!

Originally Posted by Judy

The FairTax rate hasn't changed, it's still 23% just as it was in 1999, the one year we almost balanced the budget, but it is not revenue neutral any more, it's much more revenue now, much, much more.

In World Wars, Income Tax was ordered. And we have seen many times that a "temporary tax" becomes a permanent tax. Taxes are very seldom reduced. The FairTax can likewise be changed. It is not carved in stone! Until Congress stops spending more than we take in, the debt will grow. And we have seen that Congress will raise taxes (and raise their wages) to cover the spending they legislate. Or borrow more, putting us deeper in debt. Look at how many Continuing Resolutions we have had in recent years, and raises in the Debt Ceiling! Your nuts if you think changing the way we collect money will fix anything!