Posted: Apr 29, 2005 By: Joseph W. Lessard, Jr.

Subject: FairTax

Comment: I applaude your efforts to reform the tax code. I honestly believe that it is beyond repair. I urge you to abolish the current code and replace it with the FairTax. As a small business owner, I believe that taxing individuals and businesses on what they earn is a discouragement to do ones best, an incentive to avoid disclosing all income and/or a reward to those who successfully hide some. Taxing everyone on what they spend, with a rebate for those who need it, is much easier to track and allows everyone to determine at purchase time what the tax impact is.
Thanks you.