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Uh, hasn't EVERY Libertarian canidate run on a platform of cutting taxes? We haven't won a race yet, due to funding and advertizing problems. A lot of people out there still haven't even HEARD of the L.P. These problems will probably affect your campaign as it has every other Libertarian Canidate's. You need a lot more than "I'm going to cut Taxes" to get you intothe White House, as EVERY Libertarian Presidental hopeful has proven since we were started. Oh, and speaking of Presidential hopefuls, Jim Burns is one of them hoping to win the nomination. I don't think fe's what we're looking for, though. He seems to think he's going to FORCE Libertarianism on the country, a very Un-Libertarian idea. His campaign site is (www.jimburnsforpresident.us) Please promise you won't be like him when you run.

I dunno, I'm thinking blue jeans and t-shirts for my campaign. Along with a lot of not being politically correct about everything. Maybe it just stems from the fact that I hate campaigns these days because they all come off as, lets see who can spend the most money to slander the other guy.

I honestly think a canidate could score a few thousand votes just by not running commericals untill a week before. And those commericals consisting mainly of. "Hey, I didn't run commericials slandering the other canidates for the last six months."

As far as I see it, the party could really use a good celebrity canidate. No real intention of him getting elected. But famous enough to get the message out there to people.

People are quite misinformed from what I gather from those I know in real life.

Ok here is where I am having a major problem. I abosolutely hate the IRS. You people have absolutely no idea just how bad I hate these people. In fact the only folks I hate more are my own state's revenue service. I am about 100% in favor of the FairTax. Do any of you know what this is? Well first it is not a reform. It would completely replace federal income taxes including, personal, estate, gift, capital gains, alternative minimum, Social Security, Medicare, self-employment, and corporate taxes. Everyone, yes EVERYONE would pay 23% sales tax on all new goods and services. In this system necessities up to the poverty level would not be taxed therefore everyone, yes again EVERYONE would receive a rebate check to cover those taxes each month. How much more fair could it be? Now there will still be those who refuse to work. Well those people would receive a check each month (assuming it is a single person) of $178 per month. No more. And that money would not be taxed. There are those who will continue to work so the guy who makes $25k a year would be able to take it all home with the exception of state taxes and any insurance or retirement funds. So in effect he is getting of a raise of 6k (3k not taken out for social security, 1k not taken out for Medicaid and Medicare plus 2k received annually in the form of rebates.) Now what do you think this guy is going to do with that money? He might save it. It is also likely that he will spend it thereby putting more money back into this system. Now what about the guy who makes 100k per year? He will also receive that same $178 per month in the form of those rebates. Like I stated before EVERYONE gets this rebate. But, if he goes out and buys a $100,000 boat, he pays $23,000 in tax.

Every time a person buys something, he is taxed 23% on that purchase. So when Joe Schmuck buys a Lexus, he pays 23% tax on it. Do you think that people are going to stop buying things. I doubt it seriously. There are always those who will want the latest fashions, the latest cars and diamonds. It is their choice and they will have to pay the tax for these things. And actually the more they buy the more goes into the system. Harvard economists have stated more revenue would end up flowing into Federal coffers. Now these monies can help to make social security solvent again or they may be used to build our military back up to what it needs to be. But the bottom line is that everyone will have more money from the government on down to Fanny Fatass who sits at home watching Oprah all day.

Also someone mentioned teens who babysit to make money. Right now those people are not taxed at all. As someone else stated those folks are in the lower income brackets and it is really not worth the IRS's while to audit them. But lets say that Tami Teenager makes $2000 in a year baby sitting. If she buys the latest copy of Seventeen or a new makeup kit, she pays the tax. If, however, she saves her money and buys a used Honda Civic. She doesn't pay the tax. Used goods are not taxed. That would mean that the folks who buy used items on Ebay would not have to pay any tax. And the folks who make the money from selling these used items would not pay tax unless they took that money and bought new items with it. Think about all the drug dealers out there making millions upon millions of dollars every year. Right now they are not taxed. There is so much money the government is losing each year from "black market" money. That same drug dealer would pay the tax as soon as he buys something new. And guess what? Even he would get the $178 rebate.

PLEASE! DON'T GIVE THEM ANY IDEAS! THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY TRY IT!

I hope this doesn't turn out to be true. I'd hate the idea of eBay being taxable. The Internet is supposed to be a last haven from taxation and government regulation. If this gets passed, there'll be no end to the IRS' power.

Yeah the Fair Tax sounds like a good idea. That way no one's really paying a tax, just a fee on goods and services rendered. You get to keep more of your own money, so the 23% tax isn't that noticeable. HR 25 has my vote.

Ture, but those who earn their incomes by selling marijuana or prostitution obviously don't pay income tax now, so under the Fairtax they would contribute to our tax base when they purchased items and services at retail establishments. After all drug dealers have to shop fer clothes too xp