On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > Enough with the histrionics already. Exercise just a tab bit of > emotional control once in awhile, huh?
10,000x is just as valid, based on the basis of your argument (none). > I think it is reasonable to have an opinion that says that the > administration and auditing of this tax system would take > significantly more staff that is currently used, if only because it's > completely new. > > What do you think the number would be? Less that current staff? More? "The Beacon Hill Institute estimate is that the federal government would be able to cut $8 billion from the IRS budget of $11.01 billion (in 2007), reducing the size of federal tax administration by 73%" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicted_effects_of_the_FairTax#cite_note-beaconhill-37 > There is a large part of this country that lives check to check and > uses income tax refunds as a savings account. Yes they're having too > much taken out, but either they don't know that or if they do they > still choose to do it because otherwise they'd piss the money away. > > Now for those people all of a sudden they wouldn't have the yearly tax > windfall AND the daily prices of things they buy would jump by, say, > 15%. You are making an argument of forced saving for the poor because they don't know any better and have no self control? Not sure what to say about that. Sounds like an argument for Social Security expansion or socialism. Not really sure it belongs in this conversation. I am seriously baffled at this point of view. Really very amazing to me. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:339806 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
