Posted: Apr 28, 2005 By: Bob Smither

Subject: Tax Reform

Comment: I have little faith that the federal government will have the wisdom or the integrity to implement real tax reform, but these are my comments:

1. The most important reform of our disgraceful tax system is the repeal of the 16th admendment to the Constitution.

2. Following the repeal of the 16th amendment, the government should be funded by a constitutional consumption tax such as the Fair Tax. See www.fairtax.org for details.

Without repealing the 16th amendment, I fear that "tax reform" will be another government sham, ultimately resulting in keeping the income tax and adding another layer of taxation on top of it.

The Fair Tax aims to replace ALL federal taxation with a single, simple to implement, consumption tax.

Thanks,

Bob Smither