Re: Rep. Linder/Boortz Fair Tax Fraud!
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Posted by Spivey on August 26, 2005 at 10:22:12
In Reply to: Rep. Linder/Boortz Fair Tax Fraud!
posted by john w k on August 05, 2005 at 21:02:21:
The sales tax that the Fair Tax proposes would (in all probabilty) not be collected by a new governement aganecy. How do states collect their sales tax now? That's right, the federal tax would be put upon the states to collect from retailers just how it is now (with due compensation from the federal level). How do states know which buisness to collect taxes from? Those buisnesses need to file whatever registration papers with the state, hence the registration section of H.R. 25. You cannot setup a legit buisness in any state without getting some kind of permit (not that I know of). The way WK makes it sound EVERY american would have to register, whereas is truth not much would change in most people's lives.As for leaving loopholes for Congress to raise the tax or allow exemptions, why do you think our tax code is currently 55,000 pages long? Those loop holes have always been there. Congress makes changes to the tax code as it's lobbyist see fit now. One of the goals of the Fair Tax is to try to level the playing field so the goverment has to pay the taxes on products that we would have to pay. If I am not mistaken, the original Constitution did not provide any means to tax income, I think it discouraged it if not out right said it was illegal. What happened? It was AMENDED. It does not matter what is added, Congress can always AMEND it out to fit what it desires. The only system of checks and balances that works to prevent them is the politicians' voters telling him/ her what they want and do not want. They are not re-elected if their rep does not represent them. Remember what just happened with the Kelo case? Soon after the emiment domain ruling came down, state and city level leaders began to toughen laws that govern emiment domain because they felt the heat from those that elected them into power.