Thread: My Economic Protection Plan
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Old 02-27-2008, 02:31 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by indago View Post
Jzyehoshua wrote:

It is noted, in the FairTax Legislation:
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(d) Liability for Tax-

(1) IN GENERAL- The person using or consuming taxable property or services in the United States is liable for the tax imposed by this section, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(2) EXCEPTION WHERE TAX PAID TO SELLER- A person using or consuming a taxable property or service in the United States is not liable for the tax imposed by this section if the person pays the tax to a person selling the taxable property or service and receives from such person a purchaser's receipt within the meaning of section 510.
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Government was never granted the power to lay a direct tax upon the inhabitants of the States. A Constitutional Amendment would have to be passed to enable this legislation.

I don't know why this FairTax couldn't be an excise tax like the federal income tax is now. The tax could be imposed on business, with the amount of the sales being the measurement for the amount of the tax owed. Little wonder this legislation isn't getting anywhere. It's WAY too complicated.



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Hmm... interesting, it does sound more complicated than I'd first thought. Couldn't it just be a basic matter though of taxing goods or services more or less heavily based on their cost range?