Reply #28: Sales tax is a way for states to get money back [View All]

from the federal government. Is it a fair tax, no, but it is as fair as a tax could be under the circumstances. Sales tax is not levied on food, and for a few weeks during the year, here in NY, tax is not levied on clothing.

But, even so the Fairtax is and never will be fair. Will everyone have to either save ALL receipts, or carry around a card declaring how poor they are? Talk about invasion of privacy. And while poor people will be humiliated to carry around a poor card, it won't be long before rich people will buy one of these poor cards, so they can get tax breaks they so "richly deserve".

And, what about those who have yard sales, are they to then be deemed tax collectors? Small businesses are already have tons of book work to do, now this would add another layer. And then of course, there are small businesses, or you could call them micro businesses, those businesses that are run by a single person, who is making enough to keep the wolves from the door. Some years are better than others, how would they be taxed? How about kids who provide services like babysitting and yard work, would they have to become agents for the government?

And let's be clear, poor people can only afford cheap crap, which they have to buy over and over again. Or they have to buy used stuff, which will need repair until it can no longer be fixed. How should this be taxed? Where is the cut off on being poor, lower class, middle class, upper class and rich? If you live in New York City would you be taxed the same as Syracuse New York, where the cost of living is at least half, if not more.

Fairtax is a rich people's wet dream. You want taxes to be fair, close the loop holes for corporations!

zalinda