50 Reasons I Like the Fair Tax - Part 5
Kenneth J. Van Dellen (with help from friends) 1/22/05

Reasons 41-50

FairTax and Rights and Freedoms

• It restores the 5th Amendment, which guarantees the right to due process. Under current systems the IRS has their own courts with their own set of rules not included in the 5th Amendment.
• It restores individual privacy. You no longer have to report where you work, what you are earning, and what you are doing with it. (Employers will report your earnings to the Social Security Administration for determination of your social security benefits.)
• It relieves citizens of the risk of facing the shift in burden of proof that is so common with the current system, i.e., the taxpayer is guilty unless proven innocent, but even the IRS staff sometimes gives conflicting interpretations.
• It eliminates the need to have a "marriage" clarification declaring who you live with, as that no longer has any bearing at all on a state or federal sales tax.
• It eliminates the need for courts to decide which divorced parent gets to take the tax deduction for children.

FairTax and Government and Educational Entities

• Without FICA to pay, most states, counties, municipalities, and school districts will see a large increase in their available state budget revenues, additionally lowering the overall tax burden (State & Federal) for most Americans.
• It eliminates the administrative costs incurred by states in collection of state sales taxes because states will piggyback the state tax collection onto the national tax collection, for which they are compensated by the FairTax ¼% administrative cost give-back. (Retailers receive an equal amount for collecting the FairTax.)

FairTax and Politics

• It cleans up a major flaw in campaign financing, eliminating campaign donations for "tax favors".
• It eliminates wrangling in Congress over tax cuts, the tax code, and who is or is not paying a fair share of the tax bill, providing more time for debate on more productive issues.

FairTax and the Environment

• It’s good for the environment. Reportedly, the IRS sends out 8 billion pages of forms and instructions each year. Laid end to end, they would stretch 28 times around the earth. Nearly 300,000 trees are cut down yearly to produce the paper for all the IRS forms and instructions. Also, since it taxes only new items, it would encourage buying tax-free pre-owned cars, clothes, furniture, houses, etc. Reuse is good for the environment, too.

For more information go to www.fairtax.org