Would create a 30% to 89% sales tax on all purchases

Talking point opposing Replace the federal income tax with the FairTax:

FairTax as written proposes a 30% sales tax on all purchases. But with a sales tax so high, lots of people will try to get out of paying it. That’s why the nonpartisan Brookings Institution estimates that with enforcement it will have to be a 65% tax, Congress’s tax experts say 57%, and the Treasury Department says 89%. Whichever it is, it’s ridiculously high.

Source: http://www.factcheck.org/taxes/unspinning_the_fairtax.html

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opposed A tax cut for the rich.

by CrimsonBlack · added Fri Jan 29 00:23:17 -0800 2010 Discuss or Edit

“fair tax” would only tax the money you buy things with, middle income earners (<200k/yr) who spend nearly all their money to maintain their standard of living, would pay taxes on nearly all their income. while high income earners would pay less taxes then they currently do (currently 35% on income + sales tax on consumption) and they wouldn’t be taxed on most of their business transactions (where they keep most of their money) allowing the rich to become richer, faster, from these transactions.

Source: http://www.factcheck.org/taxes/unspinning_the_fairtax.html

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opposed National sales tax. banks win you lose

by friend of the republic · added Fri Aug 14 03:16:44 -0700 2009 1 discussion or Edit

While a national sales tax look like a winning idea at first, no more dogging the system by having an illegal and undisclosed source of income and so on, it has one major draw back. We live in a nation that has a credit economy. Adding a 25% national sales tax to what we already charge to high intrest credit cards is only going to make things worse for us, the tax payers. Plus, a thirty year morgage pays the bank six times the value of loan. Add an addition 25% to the principle in taxes.

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opposed Fairtax hides its massive new taxes on cities/states

by Fairtax absurd nonsense · added Mon Jun 01 07:16:26 -0700 2009 1 discussion or Edit

Fairtax is an absurd deception - its actually a massive new tax on cities and states that Fairtax deliberately hides in their fine print. Fairtax leaders have no intention of even having Congressional hearings on this farce. because in ten minutes, this absurd deception of a new massive tax would be exposed. Fairtax has NOT fooled corporations, who do NOT support it. Nor have they fooled retailers, who oppose it. Fairtax is an ironic name – its really the FARCE tax.

Source: http://fairtaxabsurdity.blogspot.com/

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