Random Nuclear Strikes

A couple weeks back, I followed a link from the Heartless Libertarian’s place to a blog posting on a subject that is very near and dear to a number of folks whom I know and respect. I, however, cannot find one single reason to agree with them on this topic.

This topic is the so-called “Fair Tax”.

I posted my point-by-point comment on the topic at the other blog, and was chided for being too stupid to see how good an idea the “Fair Tax” was. For reasons unknown to me, I was either blacklisted or am otherwise moderated in the comments section. No comment I attempt to post there show up after I hit the ‘Submit’ button.

At first I thought that maybe they closed off the comments section to keep spammers out and that I had returned too late to respond. But a couple of days later I was still receiving emails of other folks’ comments because I ‘subscribed’ to the thread, so I knew that wasn’t the case. I sent off emails asking why I had blacklisted/moderated, and after nearly a week, I have still gotten no response.

So today, I am going to expand on my previous thoughts on the “Fair Tax”.

If you would like to read the other blog’s post, you will have to click through the Heartless Libertarian’s place to get there because I refuse to link to a blog that claims to be about liberty, and then proceeds to shut down folks who disagree with them.

I expect to have my comments ignored or to be otherwise moderated at liberal and/or ‘progressive’ blogs, after visiting them for more than four years. But when someone says they stand for the fair exchange of ideas and then cuts off a person with significant points opposite of theirs, it kind of ‘harshes my mellow’.

I am sure that if you are even an on the fence “Fair Tax” supporter, your sensibilities may get insulted here. But that is OK, because unlike at the other blog, we can discuss that here.

This post will go beyond my previous objections to the “Fair Tax” which consisted of the plan basing the entirity US economy on the Consumer Confidence Index and will show the plan as being a combination of the worst parts of socialism and ‘big L’ Libertarianism combined.

While I will be trying to stay away from using the hyperbole and name-calling used at the other blog, I cannot guarantee it 100%. I will, however, be bringing things like “Logic” and “Reason” into the discussion to try and offset those habits of mine.

So, if you’ll follow me below the fold. Don’t forget your popcorn.

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