On 8/1/07, Carl Remick < carlremick at hotmail.com > wrote:
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> >From: Doug Henwood < dhenwood at panix.com >
> >
> >On Jul 31, 2007, at 8:01 PM, Michael Perelman wrote:
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> > > Why does nobody mention Gravel?
> >
> >He supports a consumption tax.
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> Gravel says that a feature called the "prebate" -- a tax reimbursement "on
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> the essentials of life (food, shelter, clothing, medicine)" -- would keep
> his consumption tax (a/k/a the "Fair Tax") from being regressive. Is this
> just smoke and mirrors?
>
> See < http://www.gravel2008.us/?q=fair_tax>
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> Carl
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