My objection isn't the effort -- it's more that this sort of detail seems not to have been considered. So will it really be fair? The main support I see for this model is from people who like the tax cut they will get. Works great for you and I. But the tax cuts will be financed by poor people paying more, and the US has seen enough regressive taxes lately imho.
On Feb 4, 2008 4:36 PM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, I think fairtax is actually a solution for 1 and a partial solution > to 2. Eliminating the IRS is a GREAT step forward in eliminating > bureaucracy. Are you saying you think fairtax will have more > bureaucracy than the current system? > > If your biggest objections are now that is takes alot of effort to send > everyone checks, then the argument's really over because I will agree > that it will take some amount of effort to track that, but nothing that > even approaches the expense of running the IRS. > > -Cameron > > Dana wrote: > > well I think 2 is a valid objection to 1. You don't? > > > > On Feb 4, 2008 2:42 PM, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> So are we discussing > >> > >> 1) The problem of defining a better, more fair, tax system > >> 2) The problem of too much bureaucracy in government > >> > >> Cause if it's 2 I'm done. > >> > >> -Cameron > >> > >> Dana wrote: > >> > >>> my point is that the usual solution for such problems is bureaucracy > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:253211 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
