Tax Reform

Re “Senate Candidate Urges Phaseout of Income Tax,” Dec. 9: The flat tax is fair. The fair (sales) tax is not! I have a great respect for Rep. Tom Campbell, but he is wrong to support the national sales tax. The national sales tax is a boon to the well-off. This is one of the reasons we oppose it. May we suggest that a 10% flat tax would be much fairer and would do a better job of simplifying taxes.

We show in our Web site how such a tax can be achieved by an evolutionary change to the tax code. We even show how most Americans can be offered a 15% flat tax today simply by removing some of the restrictions to the 1040-EZ short tax form.

The regressive nature of the national sales tax is made obvious by the byzantine corrections or rebates which the fair tax seeks to implement. Readers wishing to know more may visit our Web site, https://www.taxreform2000.org.

ROLAND A. BOUCHER

Chairman, United Californians

for Tax Reform, Irvine