Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > How can you refer to yourself as open-minded and suggest you would > change your mind upon seeing a probable solution if, as you stated, > you refuse to look at anything regarding the fair tax? That's quite a > leap of logic. >
I didn't say I refuse to look at anything, I said it's a waste of my time to analyze this topic any further with the existing material in the existing environment. Hopefully we're in agreement that radical change to the tax code is practically a non-starter no matter what its merits. From there the only question is, is the propose radical change compelling enough to enough constituents and legislators to have a chance? Fair Tax not only fails that test, it doesn't even move the ball. Further, Fair Tax advocates have their head in the sand. A paper that tries to calculate the correct rate without considering any of the massively changed incentives is just plain waste of time. There's a rule in business: you get what you incent. For some reason, as least as judged by Cam's response, he doesn't think adding 15% to the price of school supplies, soccer balls, and family vacations is going to change anybody's behavior. Of course it is. And if it changes behavior, it changes business models. And if it does that business is going to care in a big way. But he says they won't. Another example, Cam doesn't think states with sales tax will mind the government tossing on another 15%. Again, the extra cost will change behavior. Very likely people will freak out when things cost 25% more. They'll lobby the states to cut its sales tax and BAM! there goes their cash cow. States would never stand for it. But he thinks they won't care. Now we could do a zillion studies and none of them would be worth crap because we don't know how this would play out until it happens. I think it'll change behaviors, business models, and industries in ways that are not predictable and I bet businesses would agree with me. That's an opinion. But then who knows? Either way, unless something in the environment changes or there's some new compelling story - i.e., something NEW comes to the fore - there's no reason to spend any more time with this. For me or you! Spend your time on tax reform and evolving the current system. It's not preferred, but it's reality ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:339832 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
