We've been saying these things all along... The U.S. needs FairTax now not later. - Fair Tax Nation2024-03-29T08:48:32Zhttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/forum/topics/weve-been-saying-these-things?commentId=2636007%3AComment%3A56201&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHope y'all will set me straig…tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-05-19:2636007:Comment:571822009-05-19T18:51:31.834Zmichelekinghttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/micheleking
Hope y'all will set me straight: I see this gal is from AP.<br />
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Heard that the gov debt + interest = $12 trillion (in 2yrs).<br />
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The SSecurity fund is full of IOU's since the 1st dip into the fund in 1968. How is there ever a "surplus" associated with this program?<br />
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Where can I check the figures in Mr. Chuang's comments? $20Trillion in repatriation?-heard it was $13trillion.<br />
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Mccain had a "tax credit" plan for health, but his delivery was so lame y'all probably didn't catch the "tax credit" part. He…
Hope y'all will set me straight: I see this gal is from AP.<br />
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Heard that the gov debt + interest = $12 trillion (in 2yrs).<br />
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The SSecurity fund is full of IOU's since the 1st dip into the fund in 1968. How is there ever a "surplus" associated with this program?<br />
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Where can I check the figures in Mr. Chuang's comments? $20Trillion in repatriation?-heard it was $13trillion.<br />
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Mccain had a "tax credit" plan for health, but his delivery was so lame y'all probably didn't catch the "tax credit" part. He was also laughable on capitol gains. Wanted us to have a "post card size return", but didn't say how.<br />
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I still have the page from hillary's 800+pg health plan saying it was illegal to privately make a contract w/ a Dr. Pretty scary. Yes it was and yes he did.tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-05-19:2636007:Comment:571792009-05-19T16:44:27.599ZJohn K Eck SRhttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/JohnKEckSR
Yes it was and yes he did.
Yes it was and yes he did. Wasn't this what John McCain…tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-05-19:2636007:Comment:571772009-05-19T16:29:22.240ZJim Tomasikhttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/JimTomasik
Wasn't this what John McCain was wanting to do but his opponent said it was a bad idea?
Wasn't this what John McCain was wanting to do but his opponent said it was a bad idea? Here we go, taxing health ins…tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-05-19:2636007:Comment:571742009-05-19T16:03:09.292ZJohn K Eck SRhttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/JohnKEckSR
Here we go, taxing health insurance benefits as income, that sure makes healthcare more affordable and reduces spendable income. Sounds like a great ecomonic stimulus plan. Then add on to it by eliminating the credits/deductions for companies that provide health insurance to their employees. Nothing like driving up the price of goods, driving more jobs out of the country or companies completely out of business.
Here we go, taxing health insurance benefits as income, that sure makes healthcare more affordable and reduces spendable income. Sounds like a great ecomonic stimulus plan. Then add on to it by eliminating the credits/deductions for companies that provide health insurance to their employees. Nothing like driving up the price of goods, driving more jobs out of the country or companies completely out of business. They don't even try to clean…tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-05-15:2636007:Comment:562012009-05-15T14:30:53.110ZNancy L. Gatchelhttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/NancyLGatchel
They don't even try to clean up their present social programs. Social Security and Medicare loses billions, not just in fraud, but due to the ineptitude and inefficiency of the agencies. I have first hand personal knowledge of this. Same with Medicaid. One would think it behoove the government to clean these agencies up and see what kind of money they really have already before instituting new agencies, which will, no doubt, be equally inept and inefficient. In other words, fix what you've got…
They don't even try to clean up their present social programs. Social Security and Medicare loses billions, not just in fraud, but due to the ineptitude and inefficiency of the agencies. I have first hand personal knowledge of this. Same with Medicaid. One would think it behoove the government to clean these agencies up and see what kind of money they really have already before instituting new agencies, which will, no doubt, be equally inept and inefficient. In other words, fix what you've got first before implementing more social agencies to waste precious tax dollars.<br />
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Thoroughly disgusting, thoroughly idiotic. They're going to push Univers…tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-05-13:2636007:Comment:558482009-05-13T17:11:33.303ZTonyhttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/Tony
They're going to push Universal Healthcare as a fix for this and bring up the $90+ trillion dollar debt they are in to form a new crisis.<br />
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Living under socialised medicine for 20+ years I can tell you its great to have if you never have to use it.<br />
Universal Healthcare will destroy this country beyond repair and I'm scared to death of it.<br />
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We need the FairTax and we need it yesterday!!<br />
This is just plain as day proof that so many people either ignore or just don't care about.
They're going to push Universal Healthcare as a fix for this and bring up the $90+ trillion dollar debt they are in to form a new crisis.<br />
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Living under socialised medicine for 20+ years I can tell you its great to have if you never have to use it.<br />
Universal Healthcare will destroy this country beyond repair and I'm scared to death of it.<br />
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We need the FairTax and we need it yesterday!!<br />
This is just plain as day proof that so many people either ignore or just don't care about. My feelings have been that th…tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-05-13:2636007:Comment:557202009-05-13T00:11:52.549ZRandy Stonehttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/RandyStone
My feelings have been that they do not want to solve the problem and they know it will not be a popular thing to do with the choices they have in their minds. That is to RAISE TAXES, EXTEND the retirement age, or BOTH! If they wait a little longer, they will paint a picture so bad that the American people will be asking them to raise taxes!<br />
Just another political game that they are playing. I heard some already are asking people which they prefer! They will not see all the benefits of the Fair…
My feelings have been that they do not want to solve the problem and they know it will not be a popular thing to do with the choices they have in their minds. That is to RAISE TAXES, EXTEND the retirement age, or BOTH! If they wait a little longer, they will paint a picture so bad that the American people will be asking them to raise taxes!<br />
Just another political game that they are playing. I heard some already are asking people which they prefer! They will not see all the benefits of the Fair Tax! More jobs, more consumer spending (not the wasteful Gov'mt spending which creates debt and does not solve anything), and more people actually paying into Social Security and Medicare that are not doing it now!<br />
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We need the Fair Tax for many reasons but this one has long been the item that has brought me to Fair Tax to begin with! I think it's obvious that bec…tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-05-13:2636007:Comment:557162009-05-13T00:02:25.390ZRaymond Chuanghttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/RaymondChuang
I think it's obvious that because of our income tax system, we have three major problems:<br />
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1) Americans are participating in the difficult-to-trace all-cash "underground economy" estimated as large as <b>US$2 TRILLION</b>.<br />
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2) American businesses are sending both corporate headquarter and manufacturing operations out of the USA because of taxes on <i>earning</i> money.<br />
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3) American citizens and businesses have funneled somewhere between <b>US$12 and US$17 TRILLION</b> out of the USA as a tax…
I think it's obvious that because of our income tax system, we have three major problems:<br />
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1) Americans are participating in the difficult-to-trace all-cash "underground economy" estimated as large as <b>US$2 TRILLION</b>.<br />
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2) American businesses are sending both corporate headquarter and manufacturing operations out of the USA because of taxes on <i>earning</i> money.<br />
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3) American citizens and businesses have funneled somewhere between <b>US$12 and US$17 TRILLION</b> out of the USA as a tax reduction measure.<br />
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4) Foreign investors won't invest in the USA because of our taxes on <i>earning</i> money.<br />
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With <i>FairTax</i> in place, we can close to eliminate the "underground economy," stop the sending of corporate headquarter and manufacturing operations out of the USA, and end the incentive to funnel liquid assets out of the country. The result is a liquidity injection into the US economy that could exceed a mind-boggling <b>US$20 TRILLION</b> from repatriating most of the money currently siphoned off to the "underground economy" and sent offshore, not to mention attracting trillions more in new foreign investments.<br />
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What can US$20 trillion in new liquidity do? It would immediately make distressed companies like AIG, Citicorp and the <i>Big Three</i> automakers whole again. It would create a gigantic new base of liquidity so necessary for new loans and lines of credit for businesses to start running again. It will provide a base of funding for Social Security and Medicare that will finally defuse the "financial time bomb" of them running out of money. And finally, we can finally start to retire the national debt on a huge scale.<br />
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<i>FairTax</i>, because it eliminates the corporate income tax, payroll tax, dividend payment tax, and capital gains tax, should be something that <b>EVERY</b> American business from a little food cart stand all the way to the largest American petroleum companies should support wholeheartedly. It would result in American businesses keeping as much of their operations in the USA as possible, and foreign companies would be setting up American subsidiaries <i>en masse</i> to take advantage of no more taxes on <i>earning</i> money. Ask Marilyn....tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-05-12:2636007:Comment:554302009-05-12T21:02:08.478ZJim Tomasikhttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/JimTomasik
Ask Marilyn....
Ask Marilyn.... I heard something similar tod…tag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-05-12:2636007:Comment:554192009-05-12T20:57:40.197ZNancy L. Gatchelhttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/NancyLGatchel
I heard something similar today on tv. Of course, my first thought was "Fair Tax!". I agree, Jim. This needs to happen yesterday. Marilyn's getting me some info re: our non-profit status; my hope is to get an ad on my local radio station as a public service announcement (psa). Do you know if we're a 501C3 organization? The station said it needs to be for a psa.<br />
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I just can't stress strongly enough to everyone I meet just how urgent, how crucial, this issue really is. I've taken to wearing a…
I heard something similar today on tv. Of course, my first thought was "Fair Tax!". I agree, Jim. This needs to happen yesterday. Marilyn's getting me some info re: our non-profit status; my hope is to get an ad on my local radio station as a public service announcement (psa). Do you know if we're a 501C3 organization? The station said it needs to be for a psa.<br />
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I just can't stress strongly enough to everyone I meet just how urgent, how crucial, this issue really is. I've taken to wearing a Fair Tax button/pin almost every where I go just so people will ask me about it.<br />
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I feel like we're on the brink of some major insanity economically, and the Fair Tax is the only sane remedy, the priority #1 remedy. Other economic issues will necessarily need addressed secondarily.