U.S. Congress - H.R.25 Fair Tax Act of 2009
H.R.25 - Fair Tax Act of 2009
To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. view all titles (2)
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- Short: Fair Tax Act of 2009 as introduced.
- Official: To promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States. as introduced.
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SCARY. I thought this bill would be cool - then I read it. Red tape everywhere, seizure of stuff? And if you're dirt poor (like me) it sounds like you get the fun job of doing paperwork every month (goody...) to 'appeal' any sales taxes you have incurred or part of them (wait, how is that fair again? Isn't the point of sales tax that - besides food which is exempt - its basically a luxury tax which everyone should pay?) Only, if I don't want to do paperwork every month, I could just get a government 'smart card' and purchase things with that to keep track of my spending..(Creepy???) And then there are these 'seperate accounts' returned money must be kept in for some people, receipts that have to be kept for like everything for seven years @.@
I can say goodbye to my nice uncomplicated life. I really like the idea of a flat income tax bracket, personally, and getting rid of the estate tax, and letting states pick their sales or property tax levels.
Repealing the income, estate and other taxes may sound appealing, but let's be realistic. A 23% sales tax? That will add $230 to your $1,000 computer. Want to buy a car? The cost of your monthly payment will skyrocket.
Sales taxes hit families with lower incomes the hardest. The present tax system is a mess, but that's because every interest group pushes for "tax breaks" in order to accomplish some goal or promote certain behavior. Besides, if we get rid of the present tax system, what will all the people who work for H&R Block etc. do?
a) You would have your entire income to spend.
b) All corporate taxes and compliance costs are passed along to the consumers; a substantial part of the cost of goods currently accounts for these expenses.
The people who work for H&R Block, etc., will have to find something *useful* to do.
After skimming over the bill it just sounds like more big-government horseshit.
But, it's probably better than income tax.
This is a scapegoat for politicians. It's time for Americans to simply stop paying income taxes by changing their # of dependents. Think about those Fat Cat politicians would mess their pants if they woke up and saw that not 1 American was paying 1 cent in income tax. They would stop in their tracks! They would then be forced to stop padding their own pockets, padding the pockets of their friends and political supporters, stop sending Americans hard earned money to support foreign dictators, foreign banks and The United Nations! America is NOT a Global Nation. I do not believe in ONE WORLD ORDER! I believe in Liberty (FREEDOM)!
NO! NO! NO! to H.R. 25 the "Fair Tax". This is not a fair tax when those it purports to be fair to do not owe the tax anyway. Wake up. Climb out of you shell. Read the tax code for yourself. You may find as I did that Americans are to be taxed on income from foriegn source only. The income tax is a fraud played upon citizens too lazy or stupid to fight the employer and IRS for the rights they already have. NO! NO! NO! to H.R. 25 the "Fair Tax".
While I agree with the basic concept of this bill, the actual enactment of it is made impossible by the utter chaos that would be created during the transissional process. A flat tax system would be much simpler but making the switch is not possible. HOWEVER... we can work toward that end by initiating the action and making solid steps toward it. Our current system is wasting nearly 65% of the money it collects on the process of collecting it!!!??? Let's get our heads together and work out an action plan to see this accomplished!
why are republican trying to switch the blame of income tax on the dems. when they where the ones who passed the amendment to incorperate them? ref. the The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act of 1894.and also The United States Revenue Act of 1913 also known as the Tariff Act or Underwood Tariff (ch. 16, 38 Stat. 116, October 3, 1913), imposed the first federal income tax following the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment and lowered basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%.when GOP was a majority party and they held presidency. and u thrust them to do something right.
The Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act was introduced by Democrats and supported by the Democrats. It's purpose was to reduce the rates of the McKinley Tariff, introduced by William McKinley while he was in Congress, as a Republican. The Revenue Act of 1913 was signed by Woodrow Wilson, a Democrat.