Comments on: John Stossel Speech on Economic Liberty at the Fair Tax Rally http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/14/john-stossel-speech-on-economic-liberty-at-the-fair-tax-rally/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ian http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/14/john-stossel-speech-on-economic-liberty-at-the-fair-tax-rally/#comment-35341 Ian Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:43:45 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/14/john-stossel-speech-on-economic-liberty-at-the-fair-tax-rally/#comment-35341 Isaac, your point is well-taken by most FairTax’ers. Passage of the FairTax is eliminates the power and distractions built into the present system. Remove the negatives, and you’ll have a re-energized, re-focused electorate that will understand the system. THAT FACT ALONE means the end of poltical “divide and conquer” mentality that politicians cherish – pitting poor against rich – which is DONE AWAY WITH under the FairTax. (Since the “prebate” untaxes ALL poverty-level spending, citizens will never pay the full amount of the tax; visitors and illegals WILL pay the full rate; and as citizens increase their spending, they’ll naturally pay more for gov’t. Spending – which is to say, ENJOYING WEALTH – is a simple, NON-ARGUABLE measure of the extent to which those receiving from the system, in turn, support that system that has brought them wealth. THE LOSERS, under FairTax, are POLITICIANS, LOBBYISTS, and the “SUPER BANKERS” – owners of the large money banks, member owners of the FEDERAL RESERVE.) Can anyone say: END OF TAX SLAVERY? Join this effort at: FairTax.org

]]> By: Carnival of Fair Tax Supporters V | Blog for Cox: The Official John Cox Campaign Blog http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/14/john-stossel-speech-on-economic-liberty-at-the-fair-tax-rally/#comment-35327 Carnival of Fair Tax Supporters V | Blog for Cox: The Official John Cox Campaign Blog Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:44:35 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/14/john-stossel-speech-on-economic-liberty-at-the-fair-tax-rally/#comment-35327 [...] Liberty papers brings us a speech by ABC’s John Stossel on the Fair [...]

]]> By: Isaac http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/14/john-stossel-speech-on-economic-liberty-at-the-fair-tax-rally/#comment-34923 Isaac Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:55:15 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/14/john-stossel-speech-on-economic-liberty-at-the-fair-tax-rally/#comment-34923 I’ve always been a fan of Stossel. He’s done some good work on school choice systems (i.e., vouchers) and I rarely disagree with him on other issues. However, the Fair Tax might be one of those issues.

The Fair Tax proposal doesn’t decrease overall taxes collected, which in turn does nothing to reduce the size and scope of gov’t — however, I admit that it does reduce the scope some, but only in that I would no longer be required to disclose my earnings to them.

While I feel the FT is better than the current system, I think it misses the point entirely when it comes to downsizing D.C. (term stolen from downsizedc.org)

]]> By: TanGeng http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/14/john-stossel-speech-on-economic-liberty-at-the-fair-tax-rally/#comment-34810 TanGeng Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:30:11 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/14/john-stossel-speech-on-economic-liberty-at-the-fair-tax-rally/#comment-34810 Love that John Stossel. If people would only pay more attention to what he says.

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