What do you think of the fairtax... www.fairtax.org , since it alleviates all taxes on poor people?

Question

it helps the poor the most, and it would attract so many jobs to america, that no one who wanted to work would have a problem finding a job...its almost like that now in america with our low unemployment rates, but that's another topic.

Answer 1

There is one thing that people often miss. There ARE a lot of jobs available, but people are either too picky or too proud to work for them.

People NEED to learn to stand on their own, to think on their own, to work on their own. Do we hear endless lamenting about former typewriter manufacturer employees? No. Life changes and people need to learn to change with it.

Anyone who thinks that the world owes them a high paying job that lasts decades is a fool. Sure, there are obligations made by companies in the past to former employees (pensions, etc.) that must be upheld or settled. But in general, people need to learn how to be flexible, how to sacrifice and set goals.

It is completely horrific how lazy we are becoming. EVERYONE should have to pay taxes on their taxable income, "poor", "rich", "middle". (And furthermore, how do you truly define 'poor'?)

Being 'poor' isn't a permanent sentence and we should stop treating it that way. There are PLENTY of programs in effect today which give people the chance and opportunity to get to the next level. Not everyone can be a Bill Gates, but at least in this current, under the current tax system, there are opportunities and really just an easement on the total of taxes paid.

Answer 2

The Fair Tax when passed will draw businesses from other countries to the United States because of NO BUSINESS TAXES. Other countries will have business taxes that will be paid and those businesses will want to pay less taxes. This means they will need workers. The job market will be wide open. The competition for good workers will raise the pay scale of the workers. The good workers will receive higher wages and the non-productive workers will be left behind. If the worker wants to get ahead, they will be able to simply by doing a good job. The law of supply and demand not only applies to the purchasing of goods, but also applies to the job market. A good quality work ethic will demand a higher pay. If the employer does not want to pay the higher wage, his competition will.

Answer 3

since I'm not poor I don't like it. I think everyone should pay the same portion of their income in tax.
I don't believe the part about this creating more jobs, no way.
A lot of our jobs ,, the higher paying jobs, jobs that would have created a lot of income tax, have been sent to foreign countries including Mexico. Our un-employment is low, but people now have lower paying jobs, the people that worked for $25.00 an hour at a factory now work for half that doing some menial job.

Answer 4

I am totally for the idea. I have read the book, it is very well written and the economic reasoning is sound. Our existing tax structure has too many loopholes, but most opponents do not understand how it will work.