"So there is, in fact, policy built into the Fair Tax. i.e., taxing consumption for rich people buying ferraris is not the same as taxing poor people buying food to live."
Wrong. Last time I checked, rich people need food to live. "To me, the whole concept of 'fair' in the tax is right from the beginning total crap. " Yes, to you . . . "The tax cannot be 'fair' because life in America is, in general, not fair. " The "fairness" comes in since no one pays taxes on the necessities up to the poverty line. Since the rich spend more money, way more than the poverty line, they will be taxed more. More importantly, they are only taxed on what they want to be taxed on. If they don't want to pay taxes on a Ferrari, don't buy it or buy a used one. Used items are not taxed, including homes. The poor actually could benefit from that. And, it's not just life in America that is not fair. Life in general is not fair. "In fact, just with the policy exception baked in - the 'poverty line' - we should understand who sets that?" Who sets it now? Anyway, I would say this is where representation is important. Make sure you elect responsible representatives. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:339780 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
