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br> -- Jay Molyneaux br> Denver, North Carolina /p>

For an article so focused on taxes and the damage that even taxing the rich will cause pains amongst the middle class, you didn't even once talk about the Fair Tax. Maybe it's because you haven't looked into it too deeply. Or like many pundits, maybe you are still listening to the wrong people.

The Fair Tax is one of the best pieces of legislation currently available to be passed. It eliminates all major Federal taxes and replaces them with a simple sales tax. It would turn the United States into the biggest tax haven in the world. We would see our economy skyrocket due to the loss of capital gain and interest taxes. People would have more money to spend and to invest thanks to the loss of our burdensome income taxes. Social Security would be funded indefinitely. And, of course, the people would have more power at the cost of the government's power.

p>Accounts would have temporary trouble. Tax lawyers would be more or less permanently out of work. But other than that, everyone from the lowest income earners to the highest paid CEOs would benefit. And there would no longer be all this crap of trying to change our behavior through taxes. And wouldn't that be nice? br> -- Charles Campbell br> Austin, Texas /p> p> UNEASY READING br> Re: James Bowman's Nanking

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