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

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

My reason for not listing him is that I keep forgetting to.  Thanks for 
filling in the gaps.

Mike Miller wrote:
> 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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