----Original Message----From: Joel Foreman [mailto:joel482@numail.org]
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 8:35 AM
To: comments@taxreformpanel.gov
Subject: Tax Reform Comment
Dear Panel:
My name is Joel Foreman, 289 Pheasant Ridge, Newnan, GA 30265, 770-5020366. I am commenting as an "individual", although I am also a small
businessman.
Please adopt a system as close to the Fair Tax proposal as possible;
and, do it quickly! The current system inhibits the growth of our
economic well-being as individuals and as a country. It allows the
Federal/State/Local governments [the government] to take from those who
are productive, and simply give to those the government deems 'worthy'.
However, the main reason to change is simplicity. It should not be so
hard/confusing to pay your taxes. A tax on consumption is infinitely
better (with all its inherent challenges) than a tax on income (i.e.,
productivity).
Make our economy even stronger than it is, reduce the power of the
government to simply take our money and hide what is done with it in
the process, and encourage people to be more creative in a productive
way that also encourages personal responsibility.
Thank you.
Your Favorite!