March 27, 2008

Boy, was I wrong about Mike Gravel… and am I ever glad!

About that “flat tax” — it’s not a flat tax at all. (Never take the word of staunch supporters of a different candidate!)

Here’s Mike’s fair tax plan:

Progressive Taxes - A fair Tax Senator Gravel’s Progressive Fair Tax proposal calls for eliminating the IRS and the income tax and replacing it with a national sales tax on new products and services. To compensate for the tax on necessities, such as food, lodging, transportation and clothing, there would be a “rebate” to reimburse taxpayers. This would be paid in a monthly check from the government to all citizens. The focus on taxing new goods would also help tackle the global climate change problem. For more information go here and here More information on what FairTax is and how it works can be found here, here, and here.

I like that. I like that, a lot.

That leaves only his Social Security plan that I might take issue with — but the jury’s still out on SS until I understand exactly what he intends to do.

This is getting dangerous, folks — not to you, or to me, but to the Democratic candidates: Mike Gravel is viable.

Posted by: Sapphocrat

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