Do the candidates understand taxes?

Both John McCain and Barak Obama have displayed either a naive misunderstanding or a disingenuous deception of who actually pays taxes in this country.

Obama and Democrats talk about a windfall tax on oil companies when they know a tax on oil is a tax on consumers. They know corporations do not pay taxes. They simply add all costs, including taxes, into the price of the product or service they provide.

McCain rejects the Fair Tax, saying it puts a burden on the poor, when he knows or should know the poor is who the Fair Tax helps most. The pre-bate (money sent each month in the amount each person will pay in taxes for goods purchased, up to the poverty level), no employment taxes (Social Security) and the lower prices companies will charge when competition causes them to lower prices because they pay no tax-related expenses would cause the poor to get a 37 percent raise in pay.

The more I hear our representatives and the two senators running for president, the less I respect their intelligence or their integrity.

Wilton Jere Tidwell

Huntley