holy mother of ... "substantially more money" doesn't even cover it ... wow ... I wonder if it's so high because I'm self-employed and wouldn't have the extra 15% stolen ... err... taken out??
-----Original Message----- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:49 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: CF-Community Presidential Poll What happens when you fill out the fairtax calculator (top left column)? http://www.fairtax.org I'd have substantially more money according to that calculator. I'm curious to see if others would too. -Cameron morgan l wrote: > Yeah, been there; read that. Sounds great, for people who spend < 60% of > their income--you only get taxed on 60% of your income. Those of us who > spend closer to 100%, or even more than that with credit, are screwed. Ok, > so if they're spending more via credit, they're doing it to themselves. But > for me, living paycheck to paycheck barely getting by, unable to save any of > my monthly income, I'd actually pay significantly more in taxes that way > that the current system. Doesn't quite seem "fair" to me. > > And I don't exactly choose to spend 100% of my monthly income, unless > choosing to buy groceries, live in a meager/affordable home, and drive to > work (no public transportation available) so I can keep my paycheck coming > in are choices. I'm not talking extravagant expenses like HDTVs or PS3s. > > Dammit, I swore I'd stay out of these political discussions. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:251981 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
