Subject: Looking for Serious Reform Comment: I am a small businessman and contract employee. I work with and know many others who similarly provide a service to their community as landlords, consultants, installers, and doctors. We all agree that the tax code is designed to be exploited by special interests. Even a flat-tax would be easier but it still involves the collection of information to calculate your profit and pay a portion if it is based on earnings. In the end up it is just as bad a confusing waste of time and special interest lobbyist will destroy it just like our current tax code in a matter of time. The only alternative we've seen that would really work for us as small business people is the one called "FairTax". It's based on retail purchases so it doesn't bother business-to-business transactions. Nearly all retail sales are now computerized so it's VERY easy to administer and audit. Since most states already have some form (or two or three) of sales taxes they could easily collect the taxes for the US Government. No one I know really resents paying taxes because we recognize the value of the roads, military, social and other things provided by the law. But what we find really "freeing" about the FairTax is that we will not be individually responsible for collecting that tax anymore! And that doesn't even begin to consider the benefits to our economy, personal savings, and foreign trade that could result from lower state-side production costs. Please end the tax on labor and savings! Let's tax spending and consumption instead! |