1.0. The Sales-Spiel. The retail sales tax rate will be 23 percent.

1.1. Analysis of the Sales-Spiel. The Bill plainly states that the rate will be 30 percent.

2.0. The Sales-Spiel. The sales tax will be included in the price.

2.1. Analysis of the Sales-Spiel. The Bill requires that the tax be stated separately from the price.

3.0. The Sales-Spiel. The consumer pays the companies’ income taxes.

3.1. Analysis of the Sales-Spiel.

(a) If that was true, companies would not hire lobbyists to get their companies tax loopholes.

(b) If that was true, then it is pointless to eliminate corporate income taxes and adopt a national retail sales tax - where it is obvious that the consumer really does pay all of the taxes.

(c) If that was true - ! ! excitement, excitement ! ! - then what is the obvious income taxing system that the nation should adopt?

4.0. The Sales-Spiel. Companies will reduce their prices when they are not required to pay income taxes.

4.1. Analysis of the Sales-Spiel. They do not reduce prices now when lobbyists get Congress to give the companies tax loopholes.

5.0. The Sales-Spiel. The poor do not pay any taxes under the National Sales Tax.

5.1. Analysis of the Sales-Spiel.

(a) What is the effective income-tax-rate on wealth received, for the poor under a 30 percent national retail sales tax? The answer: 23%.

(b) With a monthly (pre-bate)/(rebate): What is the effective income-tax-rate on wealth received, for the poor under a 30 percent national retail sales tax? The answer: 23%.

(c) What is the effective income-tax-rate on wealth received, for the poor under the current income taxing system? The answer: 10%.

Book Chapters
1. Current Income Taxing System
3. Flat Tax
4. Value-Added Tax (VAT)
5. 30% National Sales Tax (NST)
6. 331 Sales-Pitches for NST
8. New, Straight-Line Income Taxing System (Fair Tax 99, the true Fair Tax)

Chapter Blurbs
1. Rates increase faster on low-and-middle incomes than on higher incomes
3. Raises tax on poor, lowers tax on rich
4. A hidden, varying retail sales tax rate
5. Poor's effective income tax rate raised from 10% to 23%.
    Rich's effective income tax rate lowered from 35% to ~19%
6. 331 NST Sales-Pitches refuted
8. Rates increase the same for all incomes in the group. Lowers taxes for 95 million tax returns.
    Increases taxes for 1 million tax returns.

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1.0. Federal Government.

1.1. Publish unit costs.

1.2. How the Federal Government should be organized.

1.3. How to determine a more than adequate pay scale for Federal Government employees.

2.0. Public Schools

2.1. How the public schools should organized.

2.2. How to determine the pay for all of the employees of the public schools.

2.3. How to greatly enhance the learning of the students.

3.0. Percent Pay Raises.

3.1. Position Classification and Pay.

3.2. Inflation.

4.0. Health Care

4.1. How to lower the cost.

4.2. How to market.

5.0. Trade.

5.1. Postulates for free trade.

5.2. Postulates for managed trade.

6.0. Contracts for services.

6.1. Length of time.

7.0. Criminals.

7.1. Negative reinforcement.

7.2. Repeat offenders.

7.3. Insanity defense.

8.0. Illegal Aliens.

8.1. Negative reinforcement.

9.0. Public corporations.

9.1. Common stock

9.2. IQ tests

10.0. Privately-owned companies.

11.0. Firearms.