> And the administrative costs?? Administering a sales tax is projected to be lower than the cost of administering the current income tax, both for the government and especially for consumers. I don't have a specific reference for this on-hand, but I recall reading that this has been researched pretty thoroughly.
> Seriously. How is this not a total pipe dream? It's already being done by many countries and several states within the US. It's not like this is a brand-new concept that nobody has ever experienced before. > And then think of the cost and time simply to write the legislation! It's already been written and introduced several times, but never brought to a vote if I remember correctly. Legislation is written and debated all the time so this argument can be applied to ANY idea that is brought up. Very weak argument in any case. > The unknowns seem astronomical and we cannot possibly estimate > nor calculate the unintended consequences. Therefore the whole > thing seems like a disaster. I'm sure lots of people said the same thing when Kennedy announced his goal to put a man on the moon before that decade was over, but guess what, we did it anyway and built one of the most complex machines ever built in the process. Sure, the Apollo program had its problems, but it was considered a huge success despite the unknowns that were present at the beginning. > So, at the end of the day, this discussion is purely academic because > nothing like the "Fair" Tax will ever happen. Except that it already is, on a smaller scale, in several states. -Justi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339770 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
