I understand your concern over the Fair Tax but it is NOT a regressive tax. You say the poor spend a larger percentage of their money and I find that not to be true.....if a wealthy person wants to add on to their house or buy a new car they will pay substantially more into the tax structure than a poor person.

The Fair Tax operates on the FACT that wealthy people spend more than poor people and therefore will pay more taxes....sure they save more but they have more money to move. If you buy a $15,000 car you would pay a good amount of taxes HOWEVER if you buy a $50,000 car you pay substantially more than the person buying the cheaper car. So basically the Fair Tax rewards people being cheap asses OR only buying what they NEED....yes consumption tax is a good way to look at it, with the whole GREEN/ pro-environment deal going on I would figure liberals would be 100% in favor of such a tax which taxes the people who buy the most not the people who percentage wise would pay more....at least that's how I look at it but you are entitled to your opinion, I just figure it's better to do something about taxes now rather than wait until we're fucked.

And you aren't paid all of your paycheck right now, when the fair tax is inacted you WILL be paid 100% of your paycheck.....if you want to save then save, if you want to purchase then purchase.....it's a PERSONAL ISSUE IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE TAX CODE IF THIS IS INACTED!!!!!

Syria is a puppet state in that whatever Iran says do they do.....when Iran says "let terrorists pass through your country to Iraq" they say "sure thing".....you cannot argue against the FACT that Syria is basically controlled by Iran.

As for the population of Iraq I can only tell you what I assume the US wants to do with them....I ASSUME that the US wishes that the majority rules BUT the minority is protected under the rights of their constitution....that's the way it is in America and that's a rational way to approach the situation (but the Muslims there are irrational which is the bigger issue)

I think what I agree with are rational solutions to difficult issues....if you have better ideas please share them with us because I would love for a better answer to arrise if there is one