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To: Justin C who wrote (233917)	1/7/2008 1:40:36 PM
From: MichaelSkyy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

He answered me after I forwarded your post to him: Merry Christmas --- "Nuze, Nealz (CXR-Atlanta)" <nealz.nuze@CoxRadio.com> wrote: > > Do you know how many times we've had to deal with > this absurd challenge? > > Read the book! > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mikesky@yahoo.com [mailto:mikesky@yahoo.com] > Sent: Tue 12/25/2007 2:03 PM > To: Nuze, Nealz (CXR-Atlanta) > Subject: Fairtax or 'double-tax' (from > boortz.com/boortz) > > Tue Dec 25 14:03:02 EST 2007 > The following form was submitted from > boortz.com/boortz: > > Subject: Fairtax or 'double-tax' > Name: mike > Email: mikesky@yahoo.com > > Message: > From a message board: > > > > There's a significant problem with this concept > that's rarely mentioned. If a 23% national sales tax > were enacted, the portion of one's assets (cash, > investments, etc.) that were acquired with > after-federal-income-tax dollars would be taxed > again when liquidated and used to purchase > federal-sales-taxable items, resulting in double > taxation, which would be an "unfair tax". I once > emailed the Fair Tax group asking how the double tax > would be avoided, and they declined to address the > problem. A local Rupublican operative told me a > national sales tax will never happen unless the > double taxation issue is addressed.