Neal Boortz and Michael Graetz (Yale) debate The Fair Tax this weekend on the Book TV Program on C-Span 2:

Radio talk show host Neal Boortz, co-author of The Fair Tax Book, debates Michael Graetz, professor of law at Yale University Law School and author of The Decline (and Fall?) of the Income Tax, on the value of replacing the current federal tax system with the Fair Tax system. The Fair Tax is a proposal for all federal taxes to be replaced by a national consumption tax. The authors argue over the revenue generating potential of the Fair Tax and the exact rate at which citizens would have to be taxed to meet current government spending levels. The debate is moderated by Harvey Shapiro, contributing editor at Institutional Investor magazine.

• Saturday: 7:00 p.m.
• Sunday:  2:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

As an added bonus for Tax TV junkies, Charles Adams discusses his book For Good & Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization tonight at 6:00 p.m. in an encore presentation of his 1993 interview:

Charles Adams sat down in 1993 to discuss the history of taxation. "For Good & Evil" examines the role of taxation in several historical events, including the fall of Rome, the American Revolution and the signing of the Magna Carta.