tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338679290238780332.post3972457170226181003..comments2023-07-03T11:34:28.299-04:00Comments on EconoBlast: The FairTax Is No FantasyDavid L. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16272267770395417058noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338679290238780332.post-22672166374413990902016-02-26T09:17:01.305-05:002016-02-26T09:17:01.305-05:00The only 'fantasy" is the notion that our...The only 'fantasy" is the notion that our current government is capable of adopting something as simple and positive as the Fair Tax. It removes too much power from government - the opposite of the desire of most incumbents.<br /><br />Readers of "Morality and Capitalism" will recognize that while no system of taxation is perfect, a consumption-based tax is at least a move toward taxation through choice, rather than state coercion. I would argue the Fair Tax is not only functionally better than the system we have now, it is morally superior.<br /><br />A bigger "fantasy" would be a world where government revenues consist of fair compensation for services provided to citizens and/or voluntary contributions. Maybe 10,000 years from now, after thousands of failures with coercion, we'll stumble ourselves into that kind of world.<br /><br /><br /> <br />Fiddlinmikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768650794360390233noreply@blogger.com