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Rogel,Going with what David has said. The sheer visibility of the fairtax on the receipt will put the legislation on notice that to much monkeying with the system and they will loose their Job! When Grey davis Screwed up in California, the people put him out! The same thing would be done with legislators because with the taxes paid on the reciept daily not "Yearly", out of money already in your Hands not taken out of your paycheck before you get it educates! The uneducated become informed. When you have a well informed public then the government becomes more accountable to that same public. The "Fairtax" may not be perfect for all. But who ever said Fair was Perfect? However it does help bring us back to what this country used to stand for. As for the taxes on the communications and such, they are not Income taxes unfortunatly and the fairtax doesn't replace them. I for one would like someone to let the number out on what the revenue for the US Government took on Gasoline sales this past year. I'll bet that they rival what the Oil companies are getting. I wonder what an educated public would do about that when they find out that Uncle sam makes twice as much on a gallon of gas that the oil companies do? This all relates this Bill houses a lot more than just simplifying the tax code. It could be the very silver Bullet we need to get government back in check with the American People. This is why the bill "HR25" needs to pass AS WRITTEN and the 16'th and 17th' admendments repealed. The People can insure it! We just need someone with enough Intestinal fortitude to say what needs to be said get the masses moving and get the job done!Frank

Rogel,Frank Again! I Fail to see how a Sales tax is Indirect? How much more Direct an it be? You are at the checkout counter of you favorite store and you look at the receipt after you pay and you see how much tax you just gave the government! That is as direct as can be!Indirect is a system that takes the money you earn before you get a chance to see it and then manipulates the numbers and for the un-educated or the poor , “get money back!”, when in truth you are getting some one else’s money that they earned. The Government it took from them and gave it to you. Furthermore Taxes are a cost of doing business currently, so from reading these posts from my first comment to you. I assume that you have agreed that this is True.  Assuming that! Then there is no way you as a Business owner or board member can ignore this cost. So your products/Services have to include this cost in the price. IE Hidden Taxes that the consumer pays that he doesn’t know about in the foreground, only after education does he become aware that he (the consumer) is being taken for a ride!  The Fair tax is not only one of the fairest ways of doing taxation it also EXPOSES THE TRUTH ABOUT WHERE ALL TAX DOLLARS COME FROM. {THE CONSUMER} i.e. YOU AND ME!Frank  

Hank Van Gieson,The FairTAx was constructed with replacing all funds necessary to fully fund the Government including Medicare and Social Security.  Social Security is paid from the general fund anyway! If you think there is a trust fund out there you are sadly Mistaken. Any time you make purchases you are paying all taxes collected now just up front and on the receipt. Also all tourists, approximately (50 Million of them each year), buying goods hear supporting our system as well. This sounds good to me. Did you know that Hundreds of companies were surveyed and  about the Fairtax and that 450 of them said if it passed here they would be building their next factory/Headquarters here in t he U.S. ? Can you imagine the amount of Jobs that would Create? I have a feeling we would be Importing People to work in the U.S. do to lack of workers to fill the job positions.Frank  

Rogel,You Said, "For me the first question that needed to be asked is should the government collect the tax in the first place?", Of course the Government needs some funds to operate for the purpose that it was intended to. However the total Change Cannot happen overnight. What the "FairTax" Does is Way more Fair than the current system.  The First question I would ask you is. Who Pays All the taxes in this Country? Answer: The Individuals of this country.  Corporations Pay Taxes only on Paper. Income Taxes to a Corporation or business are considered a, "Cost Of Business", So who pays the Taxes for the Corporation? Consumers Do! So why not just be Honest in the collection of Taxes and put it on the receipt when you buy that new car, Flashlight, or Bar of soap? This does Three things.A. Puts the information Power Back to the people and removes a Ton of Corruption from Washington by taking away the "Tax Lobbyist for Corporations" looking for a Tax Break. Because there would not be any "Taxes" for them to buy a loop hole. B. This will bring the cost of Service and Production down Enabling Businesses to Make decisions based on sound Business Practices instead of on Tax Code and loopholes.  C. This puts American Businesses Back on level playing ground in the International Level reducing Final export pricing down from 18% -26%. by doing this you bring more jobs and businesses to America.  Example: Chrysler would have become Chrysler Daimler instead. Privacy: Right now the Tax Code uses all the deductions and "Loop Holes" to into our Private Lives. Example, how Much Money we Make, save, spend, assets, charities Etc. The FairTax reduces that intrusion because you are only taxed on Purchases of New goods and Services above the poverty level, One Time, at the Point of Sale. It is on the receipt. and You have the option to control how much you pay in taxes depending on your spending habits not on how much you Earn. With the FairTax The scope of Government is reduced in a very large way. They are no longer going to be able to manipulate the tax code for socialized behavior control. The K-Street Lobbyists will no longer be sending money into Campaigns for Tax Favors. If you want to get a rise out of people about Government waste then watch it happen when enough people see the money Government receives on their receipt. In short the “FairTax” Provides a Revenue Neutral switch on How taxes are collected. Reduces Government waste, intrusiveness and Gives you 100% of your paycheck. It is so simple a 4th Grader can understand how to figure the Taxes. It is transparent and provides “everyone” with no tax costs up to the National Poverty Level. Please go read the Bill “HR 25”, it is only 138 pages. Try that with the Current tax Code which is almost 67,000 pages. Go to www.fairtax.org and read more.Frank