Conservative economist Bruce Bartlett details the fascinating genesis of the FairTax (the plan endorsed by Mike Huckabee and many of the GOP candidates that would eliminate income taxes and create a flat 23% sales tax on everything): apparently, FairTax was originally devised as a strategy by Scientologists to destroy the IRS, which until 1993 refused to recognize them as a church for tax purposes.
I didn't realize that Scientologists are currently recognized by the government as a church. They must be excited about Mitt Romney's candidacy--it's really opening doors for a Tom Cruise run in 2016...
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This is a silly attack. It is like condemning jet propulsion just because it was developed by the Nazis.
NOTE: I am not defending the FairTax, which is stupid and unworkable regardless of its association with Xenu and his Galactic Confederacy.
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