Yes, Saxby is a big taxer
Friday, October 17th, 2008Neal Boortz was about ready to blow a fuse yesterday over a commercial for Democrat Jim Martin, who is challenging Saxby Chambliss for the U.S. Senate. The ad makes the very correct claim that Chambliss has proposed a national sales tax (AKA, Boortz’s very unfair “Fair Tax”) that would jack up the cost of everything you buy by about 23 percent.
That’s exactly what the “Fair (Hahahaha) Tax” would do. Boortz and his lurching brigade of intellectually challenged me-too-ers, claim Martin’s assertion is a lie. Why? Because the “Fair Tax” would ostensibly replace all federal taxes, which Boortz said on air today total 22 percent of the price of goods. Even if Boortz was precisely accurate, Chambliss’ proposal would still cost taxpayers 1 percent more than what they currently pay. According to Boortz. (more…)
