Entroper on 05 January 2008
| Eomund said: But that is where the American public comes in. If the public can get the FairTax passed, then surely we can keep an eye on it. If congress were to raise the rate, everyone would notice immediately and at point-blank range as it would effect their pocketbook. Remember, It is the voting public that has the true power to change America. |
It's not really that simple. The income tax didn't get to be where it is today by tweaking it up and down; they added details, and the people allowed it to happen. I think the same thing would happen with the FairTax. An exception would be put in for this, then for that, then for the other, and they would all sound like really good ideas at the time. Before you know it, you'd have the FairTax Revenue Service.
I still think it's a good idea, but this is just my view of how things typically work. A system is put in place, and tweaked here and there until no one can make heads or tails of it, and therefore no one can figure out how to fix it, so it's scrapped and replaced with a new system. Repeat ad nauseam.
