Article on the Fair Tax, Fred Thompson, and Scientology

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Dianetics, the Tax Plan
by Bruce Bartlett

The basic theological tenets of the Church of Scientology are well known: a fanatical hatred for psychiatry coupled with a creation myth that involves an evil alien ruler named Xenu and his sundry galactic allies. The basic tenets of its tax policy are somewhat less familiar. But Scientologists promulgated and, at one point, heavily promoted a proposal that would replace all federal income taxes with a national retail sales tax (nrst). And the theology and tax policy aren't entirely unrelated: Xenu used phony tax inspections as a guise for destroying his enemies.

Illustration by Jack BlackIn a strange confluence, the Scientologist proposal happens to be nearly identical to one of the trendiest conservative tax proposals of the year, the so-called FairTax, which has been endorsed by John McCain and Fred Thompson, as well as second-tier presidential candidates Mike Huckabee, Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter, and Democrat Mike Gravel. Georgians John Lindner and Saxby Chambliss have introduced FairTax legislation in the House and Senate that would establish a 23 percent national sales tax.

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http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20070910&s=bartlett091007Fred Thompson channels L. Ron Hubbard

[daninthemoon]

1. Thompson does resemble fat bastard hubbard

[asthmaticeog]

2. Try this link:

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20070910&s=bartlett091007

[FormerDittoHead]

3. NOW I understand why Thompson is getting support...

These super rich fat-cats want the brass ring - a flat sales tax which excludes securities.

I'm telling you, and I'm as serious as a heart attack.

If we don't get universal health care, and if they get this national sales tax bullshit passed, I'm moving to another country that "gets it" - this place is sliding right down into a banana republic...