Originally Posted by
jtdc
Well not having been on them, your right , I don't know. But those programs are based on documented income. So you are saying they are strictly on their honor, which is why there is so much fraud. With what you say, I could be pulling down $100k per year, but if I show them a bank account with $100 per month income, I'm in!
While I don't know about John's 100 taxes, I do know there are a few, not so insignificant taxes. Of course part of the costs of employees are the taxes. The employer pays an FICA tax on every employee, in addition to their own personal taxes. All the business taxes, whether state, local, or federal are embedded in the cost of the item. There are transportation taxes when the item is shipped, warehouse taxes, and of course the taxes a retailer has to pay. All these are embedded in the price. Then a sales tax, if any is added, based on that price which is a good part taxes.
Of course that's your argument. But all of those embedded taxes add to the price upone which your FairTax will be based on.
That what you claim!
Some do, but from what I see, the majority only see the sales tax which is listed on their receipt.
Wow! That will be as bad as my utility bill where half the items listed are various taxes added.
You apparent haven't been reading what I write. I have no problem with the sales tax portion. It's the Rebate that I see as a major problem.
No, I don't like the system we have now. But it's not so much the taxing income, it's the pages and pages of special rates, special exemptions and so many complications that make the rules something that even IRS can't interpret. If we had a straight percentage on all income, that would be better, and just about equivalent to the flat sales tax portion of the so-called FairTax. But neither of those methods make any allowance for the poor. And that is the concern of the poor voters.
Now you are just being insulting! :(