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To: Lane3 who wrote (243732)	3/27/2008 8:33:51 AM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 794033

in retirement many of us live off our savings. fair tax will help rich.. drops their top bracket.

To: Lane3 who wrote (243732)	3/27/2008 9:06:44 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794033

The current tax system is so rotten, so inefficient, so convoluted and counter productive that I would gladly pay more if what replaced it was something we could be proud of. Something that didn't punish achievment. What we have is a national scandal.

To: Lane3 who wrote (243732)	3/28/2008 1:36:08 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 794033

They don't allow for those spending their savings. I tried entering a negative savings but it automatically and incorrectly converted the number to positive. I have since traded emails with their web guy. He seems to understand the problem after a couple of back and forths. Here they are advocating a spending tax paradigm but their calculator is stuck in income tax mode. He said he forwarded the problem to the economists and would get back with me. I am impressed with that even if nothing comes of it.