druvaughn 0 #1 November 24, 2005 My father convinced me to read the FairTax Book from Neil Boortz (whom my father is an avid listener of). I have gotten a bit more than half way through it and wonder what other peoples' thoughts were. Have you read it? Do you think it could/would work? Interested to hear. Happy Turkey Day- - "Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 November 24, 2005 With my life as busy as it is, I haven't been able to read that book yet, but as an aside Bortz is an Aggie...not that it has any bearing on anything about his book.--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lefty 0 #3 November 24, 2005 It's seriously one of the best ideas to come along in a good while. It would work, and despite what anyone says it will not shift the tax burden to poor people or any of that rot. The part I like best about the book is the question/answer chapter where Boortz and Linder (who used to be my congressman in GA) pretty much shut down all the popular, buzz-word arguments against the plan. I'm honestly not too optimistic about it actually getting passed, since it would be a huge shift of power from the government to the people, which isn't going to make the politicians happy. Oh well, here's hopin'.Provoking a reaction isn't the same thing as saying something meaningful. -Calvin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
