Well... The opposite of your argument is true as well. Doesn't seem fair to me that I, as a homeowner and father to three children will get nailed up and down having to pay a "consumption tax" on the shoes and clothes and food needed to raise a family, not to mention the upkeep of a home. Compared to those single, childless, small business owners that own nothing of their own and might buy a pair of shoes every couple of years... Yeah... Sounds fair to me. Where do I sign up for that??? Real level playing field...
-----Original Message----- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 8:45 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: The Fairtax Book Yeah, I guess when given an opportunity most would vote for a system that gives/keeps an advantage over others rather than one which levels the playing field. Fair. -Cameron Jeff Garza wrote: > I haven't piped in on this in a while, but I've run the numbers and a > "fair tax" will cost me ~5% more in taxes annually than I pay now. > I'm just not interested in giving the government more of my money. I > own a home and have three kids, so I take all kinds of deductions > (wait they're not deductions, they are noble attempts by the > government to modify my behavior...) > > Seems like the ones that are screaming for the flat tax the most are > those that are most affected by it (small business owners with no or > grown children that rent instead of owning a home) and or DINKS. A > flat tax, as it's currently proposed, does me no good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:253228 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
