where does 23% come from? And do I want a government debit card? I dunno...
> Absolutely not, and this is one of the biggest misunderstandings of the Fair > Tax. Each month, at the *beginning* of the month, everyone -- *EVERYONE* -- > receives an automatic "prebate" of the entire tax burden on their family up > to the level of poverty. So if the definition of poverty for a family with > two children is X, then 1/12th of 23% of X is pre-paid to the head of > household for that family at the beginning of each month, regardless of > their financial situation. This completely eliminates 100% of all taxes on > everyone up to the poverty line. And banks are chomping at the bit to setup > debit card accounts that the government can automatically drop these funds > into. > > > And if you look at who pays taxes it's mostly rich folk: > <snip> > > Under the Fair Tax, the rich will end up paying a substantially higher > portion of the country's taxes, because it's entirely a consumption-based > tax. And when you consider what will happen when offshore tax havens are > eliminated through the Fair Tax, it gets even better. > > Really, you ought to read the book first. It's a quick yet engaging read, > and it will explain away all your worries through straightforward logic and > reasoning. > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > President > Productivity Enhancement > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:252048 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5