Actually, after sending that I thought about my argument and I'd like to modify it. I am supportive of subsidies (exemptions) to ensure that children have a certain minimum standard of living. After all, they didn't make the any financial decisions good or bad and shouldn't be penalized for that. I think Fairtax would solve this my simply increasing the poverty line / prebate per number of dependants, so it's really a moot point since it's already factored in. I just wanted to clarify my argument.
I would leave the rest intact however - really any subsidy that's taking money out of one person's pocket and putting it into another is NOT a level playing field. -Cameron Cameron Childress wrote: > I understand and respect your point of view. > > I guess the primary difference between our points of view is that you > think "fairness" should be enforced by taking money from one person who > doesn't have kids and giving it to another because they have kids. Mine > is that everyone should have the same opportunities and pay the same > amount (above the poverty line) and that the playing field should be > level in a literal, non governmentally subsidized way. > > -Cameron > > Jeff Garza wrote: > >> 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 >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:253232 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
