But that’s the whole problem. That’s like saying “If these magic pills can let you use water in your car, that would be fantastic.”

Fairtax can not possibly work. It would be a monumental disaster. And that’s why I want it to pass.

I think it would be funny – but also educational. I’m quite certain that I want the fairtax to pass more than any human on earth.

It would be educational about economics, but even more educational about psychology.

Maybe if we did the fairtax, and saw what a complete farce it is, we could actually have tax reform that works.

Fairtax is a house of cards. Remove one card and the whole thing falls apart.

For example, one card that is particularly absurd, but fairtax relies on it, is that the government can actually pay its own taxes. That the federal government can get money FROM itself.

Neal Boortz wrote “The federal government ITSELF will become a MAJOR taxpayer.” Page 148 of the fairtax book.

This is asurd nonsense, there is no other way to say it. The federal government CAN NOT POSSIBLY pay itself a tax, because it has to PAY the tax. SO you can’t count that money as income TO the government.

As strange as it sounds — that’s exactly what the fairtax does.

Why does fairtax say it will tax the government? Simple. Because only by pretending to tax the government, can fairtax say it’s revenue neutral. If Boortz and others admitted the government can’t pay itself, they would have to admit that the tax rate would be 40-50%, at least. Just because of that one fallacy.

Now, maybe a 40% sales tax wouldn’t be so bad. But then Boortz and others couldnt claim the “embedded” taxes are simply “replaced” by this tax, and “its a wash”.

That “wash” is another whacked out bit of nonsense. But if people are so gullible that they think the federal government can pay itself 500-800 billion dollars, then its hopeless to expect them to see that “its a wash” is utter bullship. It’s not a wash.

It wouldnt be a “wash” even if by magic the government COULD pay itself 500-800 billion.

I hope the fairtax passes. Thats the only way to convince the cult like followers of this plan that its nonsense. If this doesnt pass — they will forever believe — like Halle Boppers – that it was the magic answer.