Changes in the American Tax System

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There is only one word to describe the fact that the federal government now spends almost $3 trillion a year: obscene. At least 90 percent of what the federal government spends is unconstitutional, wasteful, or against the limited-government principles of the Founders. The only thing the FairTax does is change the way the state confiscates the wealth of its citizens. As Congressman Ron Paul says: "The real issue is total spending by government, not tax reform."

The FairTax does nothing to tame the federal leviathan. The solution is nothing less than a drastic reduction or wholesale elimination of its revenue source. What is fair about allowing the government to confiscate 23 percent of the value of every new good and service? FairTax proponents may call it necessary legislation, but I call it highway robbery.

Completely irrelevant to the issue of replacing the Income Tax with the Fair Tax.

Government spending, government waste and whether government has the right to tax at all are not relevant to an argument about how a government that already does those things goes about it.

It would be really nice if we could fix all of the ills and abuses of government all at once with one Bill, but that's never going to happen. What we can do is address specific, single problems. What the Fair Tax tries to address is the antiquated, loophole-ridden, lobbyist-driven Income Tax code -- that's all.