H.R.25
June 6, 2008 03:06 PM (5 months ago) | Overall Score: 5.0 | Replies: 0

I've read the article by Greg Cruey, and he is an idiot. His claim essentially is that people in the upper tax brackets in the country don't spend money each month. And rather than being middle class and buying a new suv. A rich person would by a used viper. That is stupid. Either family rich or poor can by used goods. He does bring up a point inadvertently about consumption. The people in this country who consume the most are lower income, and often people who are on government assistance. But he doesn't ask why that is, the answer is that people who are on government assistance have more disposable income than people who are legitimately trying to make a living. That is the primary reason why the fair tax IS fair. Because a large percentage of people who are not paying tax will be paying tax. And if their spending is limited to real needs ie: groceries. They are reimbursed. Also Mr. Cruey makes the contention that this is a trick to limit government income. But all estimates believe it will increase government income. More precisely by my previous example. This tax proposal could save our nation.