Recent content by urgener

FairTax Progress I just heard to day the John Linder's gotten 58 co-sponsors for HR25. Maybe it won't be much longer.

Thank you.

Nope. I haven't studied the VAT idea much at all. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the VAT just a sales tax on each and every step of the production line all the way to the consumer? The ore gets taxed when it's sold to the mill, the barstock gets taxed when it's sold to the factory. The...

Quote: I'm all for a "fair tax" but this isn't it. The "FairTax" initiative taxes the poor too high. Answer: Huh? How you figger? The prebates let the poor live totally tax free. They don't even have to sign papers or complete any forms. Quote: Rich people really do NOT buy much --...

You may be right. Maybe it's too late. On the bright side, we're up to 55 co-signers, as I recall. That's further than any other major tax reform bill has gotten.

FairTax.org We can't reduce the budget of the federal government, without FIRST bringing to light how obseenly expensive the fed gov is. The FairTax will have this expense posted on every retail sales receipt. For every $100 you spend on retail good or services, $23 will be immediatley...