@csgordon@zirk.us @Npars01 @Clackable@tldr.nettime.org @stopgopfox@libretooth.gr @Mastopoet @GreenFire

No.

The FairTax would increase the cash in peoples' pockets, so people who are in debt and are cash poor would end up with more resources to address that problem.

Remember that the FairTax also eliminates the taxes taken out of a person's paycheck, increasing their take home pay.

It would be an immediate boost to stagnant wages, since you bring that up in particular.

@volkris @csgordon @Clackable @stopgopfox @Mastopoet @GreenFire

A sales tax would *not* boost stagnant wages. A sales tax system deepens indebtedness.

Payroll taxes pay for social security & unemployment insurance.

Eliminating the income tax collection system eliminates the funding for these programs. Which is the point.

Republican billionaire donors want to eliminate the entire social safety net, including social security and Medicare.

@Npars01 @volkris @csgordon @Clackable @stopgopfox @GreenFire

exactly, the "fair tax" is a libertarian way to protect the rich from paying their fair share for supporting the society that allows them to make the money they make.

@Mastopoet @Npars01 @csgordon@zirk.us @Clackable@tldr.nettime.org @stopgopfox@libretooth.gr @GreenFire

What in the world?

The FairTax is specifically designed to take from the rich and give to the less well off! It's specifically has elements of the plan to make sure what you describe doesn't happen!

@volkris @Npars01 @csgordon @Clackable @stopgopfox @GreenFire
It is designed as a rich man’s scam, either you know and are a shill or you should know it and are just ignorant. Look who is behind it.

@Mastopoet @volkris @csgordon @Clackable @stopgopfox @GreenFire

The likes of Huckabee are proponents of the 30% sales tax. That tells you all you need to know.

It's a "tax the poor" form of taxation.