Education Archive
Taxing the Prebate, Once It’s Spent
March 7, 2008 · Category: Criticisms, Education
From Logan Boettcher:
This might come as a shock to you (or maybe it doesn't), but the FairTax does not exempt poverty-level expenditures from tax. In fact, it levies a 5.29% tax on all households earning ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 57 Comments »
Are Retirees Leaving Future Generations High and Dry?
February 29, 2008 · Category: Criticisms, Education
Morphh makes some interesting observations, prompted by (but not only in response to) some comments by Hank Geison, that seem like they warrant a new thread.
Hank, you're comparing a marginal rate with an effective rate. ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 10 Comments »
How Much of Embedded Taxes Is Payroll?
From reader Ed Dennis:
I need an explanation of the % of embedded taxes that are not wage related.
I have heard proponents of the Fair Tax say that you will get to keep everything you make. ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 10 Comments »
Memo to Bruce Bartlett: Just Do the Math
February 22, 2008 · Category: Criticisms, Education
The Beacon Hill Institute's David G. Tuerck has published a new article in Tax Notes titled "Memo to Bruce Bartlett: Just Do the Math" (link to PDF).
The article begins:
In the November 13, 2006, ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 8 Comments »
New ‘Answering the Critics’ Book: Reactions?
February 12, 2008 · Category: Education
Hayden knows how to get a new thread started around here:
I think we need a new thread to discuss the new book, Answering the Critics. I read it in the bookstore over lunch. ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 70 Comments »
The Economic Benefits of a Consumption Tax?
February 12, 2008 · Category: Education
When I first learned about the FairTax, one of its most immediately attractive features, to me, was that it taxed consumption rather than income.
Consumption taxes, as many economists have pointed out, are far ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 13 Comments »
Questions about the FairTax from a Landlord
February 8, 2008 · Category: Education
From a reader named Chris, who is a landlord:
I have tried to read several posts about how the fair tax will affect landlords and tenants. I have read the Fair Tax book, and also ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 48 Comments »
Kevin Geary on Why to Support the FairTax
January 21, 2008 · Category: Education
Reader Kevin Geary has made a run at presenting his reasons for supporting the FairTax, and why you should to.
Posted by Joshua Zader · 30 Comments »
Lawrence Kotlikoff: Why the FairTax Will Work
On his web site, Lawrence J. Kotlikoff has provided a new article titled "Why the FairTax Will Work - Bartlett's Unfair Attack on the FairTax," a response to Bartlett's criticism of the FairTax in the ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 55 Comments »
Taxes and Prices
January 4, 2008 · Category: Education
Here is a brief essay sent by reader Ralph Layman, partly in response to our thread "No Such Thing" as an Embedded Tax?...
Jobs and Taxes
Nearly 50 years ago, I was hired to teach pre-algebra ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 13 Comments »
“No Such Thing” as an Embedded Tax?
January 2, 2008 · Category: Criticisms, Education
UPDATE: This person (who posted under the name "Gus James") contacted me after I made this post. He revealed his real name and explained why his comments were posted more than once (it wasn't ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 37 Comments »
Bruce Bartlett: Why the FairTax Won’t Work
December 30, 2007 · Category: Criticisms, Education
Bruce Bartlett has published an article in Tax Notes called, simply enough, "Why the FairTax Won't Work." (Thanks to Morphh for the tip.)
Bartlett was formerly Treasury deputy assistant secretary for economic policy and executive ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 21 Comments »
Increased Visibility of the FairTax
From reader Andrew Martin:
Great site. I am a fair tax supporter, but I really enjoy the cordial debate that goes on here.
The main reason I support the fair tax is visibility. ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 19 Comments »
Does HR 25 Exclude Money as a Commodity?
December 28, 2007 · Category: Criticisms, Education
The letter below is from reader David Wilshin. I'm editing out some of the snarky parts so that his concerns may be addressed by other readers. Depending on his choice of words, he ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 10 Comments »
Remaining Questions from John Warr
December 28, 2007 · Category: Criticisms, Education
I'm bumping this extended comment, from "On Taxing Government Expenditures Part II," to start a new thread.
Wow! Sounds like most of us are on the same page in this discussion. Please indulge me in the ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 3 Comments »
FairTax Implications for Service Providers, Contractors, and Imported Components
Below are questions submitted by an anonymous reader. I'm adding numbers to the questions so they can be answered more readily.
In light of the upcoming elections, I am trying to decide whether or not I ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 10 Comments »
AFFT CEO Leo Linbeck on the FairTax in the WSJ
Thanks to Hayden for pointing out this one:
FairTax Facts
By LEO LINBECK
December 26, 2007; Page A10
Much has been written lately about the FairTax, the proposal to replace the current federal income tax with a national retail ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 36 Comments »
On Taxing Government Expenditures - Part II
December 26, 2007 · Category: Criticisms, Education
Hank van Geison sends this new thread-starter on the topic of "On Taxing Government Expenditures."
By way of review on this thread’s subject, here is what I think we are more or less agreed on if ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 13 Comments »
Comparing Average and Marginal Tax Rates under the FairTax and the Current System
December 24, 2007 · Category: Education
Morphh just pointed out the Oct 2006 study “Comparing Average and Marginal Tax Rates under the FairTax and the Current System of Federal Taxation” by Kotlikoff and Rapson, which is available at that link in ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 1 Comment »
Hank Van Geison on the FairTax Calculator
December 23, 2007 · Category: Criticisms, Education
Hank Van Geison forwards the following, from an e-mail he sent to AFFT's Director of Communications, for comments or suggestions from other readers:
The calculator is easy to use and seems to be accurate for everyone, ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 7 Comments »
