Comments on: A Rational Argument Against the FairTax – Grim https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=807 The Blog of BartCop.com Wed, 14 Nov 2012 04:36:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9 By: grimgold https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=807&cpage=1#comment-5177 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:03:38 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/01/a-rational-argument-against-the-fairtax-grim/#comment-5177 GH, I’m wrong. the FairTax is a flat tax. But it’s not THE flat tax (a federal income tax that taxes all at the rate of some percent reguardless if the pitiful poor or the hated rich). You knew that.
Point is we need to tax people when the spend money not when they earn it, says me.

]]> By: grimgold https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=807&cpage=1#comment-5174 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:45:12 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/01/a-rational-argument-against-the-fairtax-grim/#comment-5174 Volt, I’m in deep trouble, you’re right. I tried using the scanner to scan in pages 85, 86 from the FairTax book. I need to hire a 12 year old to help out.
Harry, thanks for the compliment.
Peregrin, I want you to know that liquor is a luxury and the poor have no business wasting their money on it.
GH, the national sales tax is not a flat tax. But you are right in that it will tie the govt directly to the economy. However this is a good thing. They might even consider cutting pork/earmark spending, then reducing taxes as a way to stimulate the economy (gasp!).
Grimmy

]]> By: greyhawk https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=807&cpage=1#comment-5173 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 11:23:27 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/01/a-rational-argument-against-the-fairtax-grim/#comment-5173 And of course how will the basic funding of government be met when there’s a recession and people don’t have money to spend? Every flat tax model out there assumes there won’t be a recession.

]]> By: Peregrin https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=807&cpage=1#comment-5156 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:59:45 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/01/a-rational-argument-against-the-fairtax-grim/#comment-5156 Don’t get too excited. He’s about to point out that liquor is a luxury and the poor have no business wasting their money on it.

]]> By: Harry Vellum https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=807&cpage=1#comment-5151 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:35:34 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/01/a-rational-argument-against-the-fairtax-grim/#comment-5151 Thanks, Grimgold, for your honesty about the flat tax. I know you strongly prefer a national sales tax to a progressive income tax, but the argument against it that you’ve presented here is one that is really difficult to overcome. For me, it’s a deal-breaker. Your candor in this case is refreshing. Maybe you aren’t so bad after all!

]]> By: Volt https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=807&cpage=1#comment-5149 Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:52:53 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/01/a-rational-argument-against-the-fairtax-grim/#comment-5149 Grimmy,

You are in more trouble than I thought!

-Volt-

]]> By: grimgold https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=807&cpage=1#comment-5146 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:59:11 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/01/a-rational-argument-against-the-fairtax-grim/#comment-5146 Don’t expect a miracle, Volt. I’m no smarter than you.

]]> By: Volt https://bartblog.bartcop.com/?p=807&cpage=1#comment-5139 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:55:46 +0000 http://bartblog.bartcop.com/2007/09/01/a-rational-argument-against-the-fairtax-grim/#comment-5139 Like I said in an earlier post, the Flat Tax” is regressive.

I’m dying to see you refute basic math.

–Volt–

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