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Old 06-12-2008, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by stekim View Post
Where does the Fair Tax bill suggest having no oversight?
It doesn't directly.
It's the talk of "getting rid of the IRS"..
But I think we agree that the removal of the IRS would not actually happen.

I do think it would sacrifice oversight of black markets and illegal immigrants for getting revenue out of them... This could be a bad side effect in that it will further discourage reform and encourage sweeping under the rug.
Al Cappone was after all caught due to the IRS checking on his income tax... That wouldn't work with sales tax.
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