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Submitted by Ian Repley, Ann Arbor, Jan 10, 2008 20:41

To add research basis to Mr. Patterson's perceptive rebuttal, I offer the following:

Over time, the FairTax benefits all income groups. Of 42 household types (classified by income, marital status, age), all have lower average remaining lifetime tax rates under the FairTax than they would experience under the current tax system. [KR]

The FairTax provides the equivalent of a supercharged mortgage interest deduction, reducing the true cost of buying a home by 19 percent. [WM]

Real wages are 10.3 percent, 9.5 percent, and 9.2 percent higher in years 1, 10, and 25, respectively than would otherwise be the case ( ). [THBNP]

References:

[KR] Kotlikoff, Laurence J. and David Rapson, "Comparing Average and Marginal Tax Rates under the FairTax and the Current System of Federal Taxation," NBER Working Paper No. 12533, revised October 2006.

[THBNP] Tuerck, David G., Jonathan Haughton, Keshab Bhattarai, Phuong Viet Ngo, and Alfonso Sanchez-Penalver, "The Economic Effects of the FairTax: Results from the Beacon Hill Institute CGE Model," The Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University, February 2007.

[WM] Walby, Karen, and Dan Mastromarco, "Promoting home ownership: How the FairTax's benefits for homeowners exceed the mortgage interest deduction," Americans For Fair Taxation White Paper, August 2006.

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