Can someone please explain the pros and cons of the "Fair Tax" movement?

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by JoeDelt

oh boy.
You see it's like a farmer milking his cow.
We are the cow and the government is the farmer.
And he's always looking for better ways to milk his cows.

The farmer is running out of cows with milk.

http://www.countryfarm-lifestyles.co...ilk-a-cow.html

[dearhunter]

My utters hurt.

[LexusLover]

Mine are just ... tired.

[90c2cab]

Liberals want social engineering, but don’t want to pay for it, Senator John Kerry being the latest example, so that is why it’s so hard to change the US tax system. Just look at the income tax and how weighted it is.

The other potential problem with the Sales Tax or Consumption Tax system is will it create a black market. We can just look a Greece, they have a VAT and a huge black market, yet they vote overwhelmingly for every social engineering program offered by the government.

Democrats are going to fight tooth and nail to keep the income tax system, they want social engineering, they just don't want to pay for it.

[LexusLover]

Originally Posted by 90c2cab

Liberals want social engineering, but don’t want to pay for it, Senator John Kerry being the latest example, ....

Actually, Mr. and Ms. Kerry, through out-of-country business, have been dodging the U.S. tax bullet for long before he decided to be beaten by Bush, and as a consequence has been a loyal participant of outsourcing the jobs that the illegal immigrants were handling. Heinz gets tax breaks overseas to set up shop and create jobs.

Why would she refuse to show her returns and schedules?