PolifrogBlog

There is no free in liberty.


.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Debate 2 -- Bernie Reeves & Bill Randall for NC - 13 (Brad Miller)

polifrog

It appears this is to be a televised debate by NBC-17 in conjunction with the League of Women Voters.

When...........................June 2, 2010 from 12:00PM to 1:00PM
Length.........................1 hour
On line version.............http://www.mync.com/
Submit Questions to....myvote@wncn.com
   

It appears that residents of the city of Raleigh have an advantage over those  in the rest of district NC-13, in that the broadcaster does not cover the entire area. 
 



out



4 comments:

  1. As published by Carter Wrenn on TalkingAboutPolitics http://www.talkingaboutpolitics.com/
    An Open Letter to Bill Randall
    Dear Bill,

    At your debate with Bernie Reeves, when you were asked where you stood on tax reform and said, The Fair Tax, baby, and, second thing, get rid of the IRS.

    Not replace the IRS. Abolish it.

    That effective piece of political theatre evoked hurrahs and cheers – but it wasn’t quite true, was it? Because the Fair Tax (or 23% national sales tax) doesn’t abolish the IRS. Instead, it replaces it with the ‘Sales Tax Bureau’ and the ‘Excise Tax Bureau’ and turns every business and state into a tax collector for the federal government. Every doctor would have to collect sales taxes on his services; if you buy a home you will have to pay a 23% sales tax to the federal government. All directed out of the Department of the Treasury in Washington.

    These are questions you should have been asked at the debate but weren’t. So I am asking them now and hope you will answer. If you do I will publish your answers on Bernie Reeves’ website, on Talking About Politics and blogs across North Carolina.

    Here’s the first question: Why did you tell voters your ‘Fair Tax’ plan would abolish the IRS?

    To be continued...

    ReplyDelete
  2. This site does not represent Bill Randall or Bernie Reeves. But Polifrog will endeavor to answer your (lifted from talkingaboutpolitics) open letter to Bill Randall.

    Polifrog is not well versed on the Fair Tax, but in the case of a doctor practicing under the fair tax, that doctor would no longer pay income taxes at 30 some percent, no longer pay corporate taxes if incorporated, no longer pay high tax prep fees, and would no longer run the risk of fees for mistakes made in the paper work. The same would be true for a home builder.

    All of these reductions lower the cost of the finial product for the final user by more than the proposed 23% sales tax. Net gain for the individual. Plus businesses currently rendered uncompetitive on the global market due to onerous corporate taxes would see new markets open to them. Net gain for the economy.

    As for the IRS being abolished, this is shorthand for the revocation of the Sixteenth Amendment. The IRS as we know it today would no longer accost our mail boxes or knock on our doors, or generally threaten us with an assumption of guilt and require us to prove our innocents.

    Business would have a simple formula for figuring their taxes and, yes, it would require enforcement,just not in any of OUR faces.

    Oh, and do continue...though, I suggest educating yourself on the topic first.



    out

    ReplyDelete
  3. Thanks for the response, yes, I was simply reposting Carter's piece. I apologize if this was not the best place to post it. I can see that you are above the fray in regards the critical June 22 run off. Pretty sure Carter's point was that Bernie's opponent was less that complete in his answer to the question about the Fair Tax. Renaming the IRS is different than abolishing it. Some Federal employees will still be collecting taxes.

    ReplyDelete
  4. All comments are welcome, as are yours, and none are scrubbed.

    The all out reposting of another's comments is not something I had anticipated, though. It makes replies to the comment difficult. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

    What you characterize as "above the fray" is actually a belief that the sort of attacks you seem comfortable with are unproductive in the primaries,as they weaken like minded candidates prior to the campaign. I feel perfectly fine with attacks on Brad Miller.

    Randall may have been less than complete in his answer regarding the Fair Tax, (the price of directness) but Carter's assumptions about the Fair Tax were worse, they they were mischaracterizations of the Fair Tax and as such the validity of the question becomes suspect.


    out

    ReplyDelete