well, kendal in "a" the government services are not
going away and the cp person mentioned will still be
helped by the government. in "b" that guy saves his
money and lowers his taxes, but, my friend the saved
money is not likely to be in a sock. it is likely to
be invested in the ecconomy and make it grow. also the
sales tax is predicted to drive down prices by
approximately 23 % becouse all the taxes that are
passed from business to the consumer will be repealed
in the fair tax. the person in "a" will have lower
prices and a along with his tax refund.
   "fair tax" will set the u.s. ecconomy on fire.
--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ken,
>
> Scenario A:
>
> Let's assume for ease of computation that the
> poverty level is $5000,
> and a family or an individual makes $10,000.  With a
> "23 percent
> national sales tax on everything you buy," which is
> a quote from the
> article from the Pittsburgh paper link on the "Fair
> Tax" web site.  The
> individual who makes 10K has the first 5K exempted
> from the tax.  Of
> their 10K, let's assume they need to buy goods and
> services totaling
> $9K.  At 23% their tax burden would be $920.00
>
> The person in Scenario A has CP and seizures and has
> only been able to
> get a job as a custodian at Wal-Mart.  He only works
> part time since
> working more than 30 hours a week increases his
> fatigue, and lowers his
> seizure threshold, he has no benefits.  The scenario
> assumes that he has
> no extraordinary expenses (being hospitalized,
> hiring attendant care
> after he gets out of the hospital until he gets his
> strength back...)
>
> Scenario B:
>
> Now let's talk about someone who makes $100,000.
> His first $5000.00 is
> tax exempt.  This guy lives relatively frugally, and
> spends 50,000.00 on
> goods and services.  Tax on that, at 23% is
> $11,500.00, leaving him with
> $38,500.00 to put into savings, in case he ever
> becomes disabled, and is
> only making $10,000.00 per year. =20
>
> The person in scenario B has no disabilities, and
> works as a middle
> level manager in a Fortune 500 firm, where he has
> health benefits, and
> company retirement. =20
>
> At the end of ten years, the person in scenario A
> has been able to save
> $800.00 for retirement.  The person in scenario B
> has saved $385,000.
>
> Kendall Corbett
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 11:54 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Fwd: Re: hope you had a good
> day.
>
> hey kendall, after reading this i even more want you
> to see http://www.fairtax.org it addresses most of
> what i read in the other link.
>
> --- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > http://www.psnw.com/~bashford/taxation.html
> >
> > Ken,=3D20
> >
> > The page above explains better than I ever could
> why
> > I oppose the
> > implementation of a national sales tax.
> >
> > Kendall Corbett
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> the
> > unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> > Therefore, all
> > progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=3D20
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 5:28 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Fwd: Re: hope you had a
> good
> > day.
> >
> > well, i do have other issues, but, if i get my
> arse
> > blown up while riding mass transit in atlanta, the
> > other issues are not going to matter. i think
> > otherwise you'd have had some opposition to bush
> in
> > the primaries. the tax cuts, hey, i like more
> money
> > in
> > my pocket, but, i preferr the "fair tax" national
> > sales tax myself. no forms, no IRS. also works the
> > problem of those that are barely making it. this
> is
> > just one of many, but again if i or family members
> > are
> > killed by terrorist, this is not going to matter
> > much
> > to me. that is what i mean by number 1 issue.
> > --- [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > > I've noticed that many people--self
> included--are
> > > becoming single-issue voters.  If not single
> > issue,
> > > then at least they feel passion for a few
> issues.
> > A
> > > real conundrum when one party embraces one of
> your
> > > "pet" issues and the other party agrees with you
> > on
> > > a different, but no less important, item.
> > >
> > > Kyle
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Date: Tuesday, July 6, 2004 11:45 am
> > > Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: hope you had a good day.
> > >
> > > > well kat, my number 1 issue is the war on
> > terror.
> > > tell
> > > > me specifically what john f kerry is going to
> do
> > > > differently. please no general statements
> about
> > > going
> > > > to the U.N. AND GETTING ALONG WITH OUR
> BUDDIES.
> > i
> > > am
> > > > not for treating terror as a law enforcement
> > > issue. i
> > > > am for treating these people like we did
> hitler
> > > and
> > > > destroy them. even in world war 2 no one was
> > > killed in
> > > > the heartland, but, now we do have to worry
> > about
> > > our
> > > > family being killed here in atalanta georgia.
> > what
> > > is
> > > > kerry going to do?
> > > >
> > > > --- Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > > > Sorry, but I have to err on the side of
> > > > > practicality.  I'd rather vote for
> > > > > Kerry as a vote against Bush.  Would you
> throw
> > > away
> > > > > a vote against Bush to
> > > > > keep him for four more years?
> > > > >
> > > > > Just think - four more years of Bush means
> > > chances
> > > > > for our choice will dwindle
> > > > > down to nil.
> > > > >
> > > > > For the record, I do agree with you about
> > being
> > > > > pro-choice as I am pro-choice
> > > > > myself, but I think there is a bigger
> picture
> > to
> > > > > consider.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kat
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tuesday 06 July 2004 12:14 am, - Joy -
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Ken wrote:
>
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