Comment: Dear Panel: I'm in favor of total tax code replacement. Not just "reform". And here is why: Our present federal tax structure is getting close to 100 years old. It's been through many, many changes; and with every new change, or adjustment, it becomes further enlarged and more complex --- more difficult to understand and administer fairly. I compare it to an automobile. When it's new, it may run fine. But the older it gets, the more repairs it takes to operate it efficiently, until at some point it's just too worn out and needs to be junked. That's the stage we are at now with the Federal IRS Income Tax Code. Who, in his right mind, would want to be driving a 100 year old automobile today? I believe it's time to change our entire tax system. In looking around for a good replacement, I have found none better than the new FairTax bill, HR-25 and the Senate copy, S-25. Our society has changed, along with economics and technology, over the years. We need a tax system worthy of the 21st Century. And if you will just read the FairTax bill, I think you will agree with me that it's the fairest, simplest and best tax bill that our nation has ever come up with. And I credit our "nation" with this effort. I say this because the FairTax was created through a marketing process in which the public had input in its design. What other tax bill can you say that about? Then there are the debates and opinion polls. Did you know the FairTax has won every debate and poll where it was explained and understood correctly? At one point, I counted up about 47 good reasons for replacing the income tax with the FairTax. I couldn't think of a single good reason to keep an income tax of any type, including a Flat income tax. There is no question in my mind that we need to replace the income tax with the FairTax. Not to do so will be to ignore and miss the best opportunity we will have to create for this new century a better, more dynamic, stronger economy based on shifting the tax burden from a person's paycheck to the cash register. Please support the FairTax. And may God bless you and America. MICHAEL D. KERSH EXCLUSIVE AGENT/PERSONAL FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVE ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO. 10924 FUQUA STREET HOUSTON, TX 77089-2410 kersh@wt.net tel: fax: mobile: (281)481-1984 (281)481-0677 (281)844-1076 your address book... |