Tuesday, February 19, 2008

WHY A FAIRTAX WILL HAPPEN

Below is a reply to the naysayers of the FairTax, from a FairTax Volunteer:

All of the interested parties opposing the FairTax can broadly be defined as " special interests". They represent a small, but highly motivated, number of opponents. Our obligation is to inform and facilitate the wishes of the vast majority of our citizens who cherish liberty, freedom of action, and fairness.

We always recognized the challenge overcoming the special interests. I suspect that there was a higher percentage of people who were comfortable living under the King of England, who doubted the ability of an army of citizen/patriots to defeat the mighty British, and knew we were under financed. If our founders had followed the easy, conventional course, no telling what the world would look like today.

To secure our future, we must recognize the need for reform and act on a course to transform the republic around the principles that are the foundation on which our country is built.I believe the FairTax is transformational.

It seems to me if we acted on the advice of naysayers and special interests polio would have never been controlled and we would continue to do research but never cure cancer. Just imagine how many existing and potential jobs were lost because of the Salk Vaccine. How many jobs will be lost when cancer is cured?

All advances and transformations lead to "retooling" our economy/work force. It is part of "creative destruction. Keep your hopes and effort focused on the goal- it is worth the effort!!!

Respectfully,Leo

2 comments:

MARK said...

Im not skeptical about the fairtax because of any special interest -- Im skeptical cause the math and logic don't add up.

How do you tax the government 500 billion dollars? Do you really believe the government can pay itself 500 billion?

That's just one thing -- there are many more.

And Fairtax DOES (supposedly) tax the federal government -- in a major way. Neal Boortz wrote --"The federal government ITSELF will become a MAJOR TAXPAYER" page 148. Fairtax book

Sara said...

Yes the government would pay the fair tax on the goods or services it purchases. However it would do one well to recall the embedded tax inherent in those goods and services as it is (22% on average). The Fairtax would just bring them to the surface and provide greater transparency. The concept of "fair" includes, as an attribute, being applicable to all i.e. NO EXCEPTIONS.

John Freeman