Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Flat Tax - Was: should I kill off this car (a 1993 Subaru Impreza)?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, Jonathan King wrote:

> On 1/4/07, Christian M. Cepel <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > Um... Boortz isn't the sole author of that book and the book was created
> > under the supervision of Economists who helped them and proofed it and
> > made sure it was sound.  Boortz just added his particular flare for
> > delivering the information.
>
> Right. Name the economists; not all economists are the same or equally 
> useful. For that matter, have them respond to the points raised in the 
> review I linked to. Now that you admit that Boortz is just adding 
> rhetorical flourish, tell me why I should pay attention to his book 
> rather than the more basic results his book purportedly presents?


For some reason Christian doesn't name the other authors of the book. 
There is one other author and he is John Linder:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linder

I would think that Linder is the major proponent for the "fair" tax plan 
and Boortz is his accomplice.  As you would expect, they are not alone in 
liking the plan:

http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=17042

Isn't it interesting that the article claims that "scores of economists" 
support the legislation but they don't name one of them?  (They name some 
people but they don't make it clear that those people support this 
specific legislation.)  Having Tom Delay as a co-sponsor is certainly not 
a plus in my book.

Mike

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