Re: Comment on Grover Norquist's Quest to 'End The IRS': Forum | KQED Public Media for Northern CA (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

I didn't listen to the muppet.

Is the Fair Tax the same as a Flat Tax?  If so, it is inherently
regressive.

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:11:28 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: "Disqus" <http://www.disqus.net/~notifications>
 >  > Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 18:29:02 -0000
 >  > 
 >  > Ken Smith wrote, in response to Noelle:
 >  > 
 >  > Noelle, the Fair Tax is a revenue-neutral proposal.  It would raise the same 
 >  > amount of money as our currently overly complicated and abusive tax system.  
 >  > Funding of the military and any other federal funding would be decided by 
 >  > our Congress, as it is now.  I understand that his book is about tax reform 
 >  > and not about government spending.  The military would continue to be funded 
 >  > as it is now in the Fair Tax world.  And, incidentally, Social Security and 
 >  > Medicare would be more reliably funded since consumption is a more stable 
 >  > resource compared to income.  in the Fair Tax world we wouldn't be looking 
 >  > at Social Security and Medicare running out of money.
 >  > 
 >  > User's website: http://www.ca4fairtax.org