Thread: FairTax and Trade

The black market is the sale of illegal goods, it's not income tax evasion.

The Speak Easies didn't exist because of the income tax, they existed because of Prohibition.

Illegal drugs is a black market for the same reason, bans on the products. When weed is legalized, then there will be a grand new source of revenue under the FairTax, people will have nice and safe stores to buy their products in, the criminals will end out of business and in jail, not because of the FairTax, they aren't doing this to avoid taxes, they're doing this as a last stab at saving their illegal drug trade, but because of legalization and regulation by the States. The feds will make money on this and rightly so whether we have the income tax or the FairTax. The FairTax is just a much simpler way to tax the sale of weed or any other drug they determine should be legalized.

Gun shouldn't be illegal, and any black market on that is because of state gun control laws, not federal taxes.

You guys just can't keep your ducks lined up in a row or your apples and oranges separate. A true sign of desperate ignorance.

But hey, if you're the type of person who wants to buy shit in an alley or down by the docks from a bunch of criminals to save a national retail sales tax on a stolen TV, good luck to you. You can brag about it to all your friends and family. I'm sure they'll be proud!

Originally Posted by Judy

The black market is the sale of illegal goods, it's not income tax evasion.

It evades the tax!

Originally Posted by Judy

The Speak Easies didn't exist because of the income tax, they existed because of Prohibition.

They existed to evade the law. Alcohol was bought and sold there, avoiding taxes as well as arrest!

Originally Posted by Judy

Illegal drugs is a black market for the same reason, bans on the products.

And the same way, taxes are not paid!

Originally Posted by Judy

When weed is legalized, then there will be a grand new source of revenue under the FairTax,

And more black markets!

Originally Posted by Judy

the criminals will end out of business and in jail,

Just like the War On Drugs has stamped out drug cartels!

Originally Posted by Judy

Gun shouldn't be illegal, and any black market on that is because of state gun control laws, not federal taxes.

So any criminal, psycho, and terrorist should be able to buy a gun?