Fair Tax - Reason You Haven't Thought Of!

I like the fair tax and its not for the reasons that everyone else does. Sure it will do away with the cumbersome paperwork and the deadlines. It may even help small business owners focus on their business more rather than on how they are going to keep up with the mountain of paperwork they have to fill out just because they hired an employee. But for me its not these things that I see it doing. I don't know if it will really create a more robust economy and I'm not sure it will create a better situation for the poor through an increase in government efficiency allowing us to support our welfare programs. I'm not even sure that is will help us reduce the national debt as some have suggested.

The fair tax.....also known as a consumption tax....will force our politicians to focus on something besides taxation. They won't be able to claim that they are going to stick it to the rich to give to the poor, make people pay their fair share or promise tax cuts and then argue over whether they should be permanent or not! Geez, if I hear that one again I think I'll explode. No, these good for nothing nare-do-wells will have to focus on real issues. If you're beef is the environment, well, without the tax issue to beat up the pols will have to focus on solving that problem. If your issue is education, again the politicians won't be able to get off the subject by talking about the money they can steal from the American public through a tax increase. The creaton's in D.C. will be forced to begin solving real problems like energy and finding a cheaper more abundant source than oil.

It's time for the Fair Tax but not for the reasons most are saying. It goes deeper and it may be the solution to the class welfare that the political whores seem to fall back on every election cycle. What do you think?

Random Thoughts

As oil approaches ever higher levels and everyone blames Bush and republicans for high energy prices has anyone stopped to think? Higher oil prices make alternative fuels research more attractive and get more consumers interested in using alternative modes of transportation. The high price of oil actually helps us move towards ethanol, clean diesel and even hydrogen powered engines. The longer oil stays at high levels the sooner the entrepreneurs and great thinkers of our time and our nation will find efficient, inexpensive alternative energy sources.

I think its time to look at drilling in the far reaches of Anwar and in the depths of the Gulf of Mexico. It's also time to give incentives to those that develop and buy cars that use hybrid technologies and alternative fuels. Hydrogen powered vehicles are very close to being ready for the mass market, all they need a little push. An influx of R&D money to finish the job! Let's get our government to throw some of our hard earned tax dollars at the innovative companies that are developing this world changing technologies and stop our dependence on foreign oil.

That's my random thought for today......

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Atlas Shrugged is one of the most phenomenal books in print. Written and published in a bygone era, it is amazing how the insights of the author, Ayn Rand, fit in today's highly charged political environment. It is the classic struggle between the achievers and the underachievers. Some may read the book and think that it is an argument for the haves and an indictment of the have nots, but it is not. When read objectively and with an open mind one will receive insight in how to achieve greatness and how the struggle to achieve requires sacrifice.

Great things are accomplished by men and women only when they pursue a passion and only when they have the ability and sometimes the stubbornness needed to overcome the road blocks that society inevitably puts in the way. Ayn Rand has captured in writing a timeless struggle that is both entertaining and educating! It's a great read and I recommend it to anyone who may be becoming discouraged with the current political discourse of our times and with the road blocks that government puts in the way of entrepreneurs.