The American Government belongs to the Rich & Powerful - Lock, Stock & Barrel. Both Republicans and Democrats are inextricably tied by the Apron Strings of the "Have Mores". The System, not just the Enablers, needs to be changed.

Tabacco invites Neal Boortz, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, AMERICANS FOR FAIR TAXATION & other prominent QuasiCons to debate relative merits of the "FairTax" vis-à-vis the present Graduated Income Tax. This is an OPEN CHALLENGE TO THE RIGHT!

At 2.2 million, the US has the highest prison population in the world - and it’s only growing. Prison system has fallen victim to overcrowding; overzealous incarceration; abuse; unaccountability and inadequate health care - "the new asylums"

"False Motive" defined: an ostensible justification, usually involving some moral pontification, for a disingenuous practice or proposal, which has nefarious and selfish but unstated actual reasons.

Morphh “Due to the rebate checks, the tax burden would not necessarily shift from the wealthy to the less wealthy..At some point, the wealthy have to spend that savings and will be tax at that point in the future.” - Tabacco responds!

Balance of Trade, Consumer Price Index, Correlation, Exchange Rate, Fair Tax, Free Trade, Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI), Gold Standard, Indicators, Keynesian Economics, Privatization, Progressive/Regressive Tax

Tabacco invites Neal Boortz, Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter, AMERICANS FOR FAIR TAXATION & other prominent QuasiCons to debate relative merits of the "FairTax" vis-à-vis the present Graduated Income Tax. This is an OPEN CHALLENGE TO THE RIGHT!

"Top 1% of taxpayers pay a WHOPPING 34% of all taxes while making only 17% of all income”.. Tabacco: So they make 17 times more than their population percentage, and they pay taxes 2 times more than their income percentage - why complain?

Hundiejo wrote following comment: Dave is of the opinion that the National Sales Tax plan dubbed "The FairTax" is regressive and unrealistic, hard on the poor and middle classes, is a huge tax break to the upper class..I have to disagree.

Gazalim Article: "FAIR TAX, ARE WE READY FOR IT?" I, of course, have assumed that Gazalim is rich? But he must be! After all, he will make out like a bandit if he is; and a National Sales Tax or “Fair Tax” will decimate an “Average Joe”.