Subject: The FairTax Law Comment: To whom it may concern on the Tax-reform Panel... I am sorely dissapointed in all of you for so quickly and decisively trashing the FairTax Law idea. I see in the news you have cited it as being a plan which will cause "rampant tax evasion". Well I wish one of you could explain to me how tax evasion could possibly happen under the National sales tax plan. Whoever buys anything pays the tax...right? I mean corporations and individuals alike would all be paying their taxes everytime they bought a new product. So would the criminals. The drug dealers, the prostitutes, the under the table employees, the illegal aliens and also anyone visiting this country from abroad would be pouring money into our economic system. You say that evasion would be rampant...please explain this heinous remark to me and this totally irrational decision that you have all made. Thank you for your time. Ralph J. Astarita |