Here we have the "Mythical Family of Four".
I have found all discussions of this proposal fraudulent in that it is one sided. I have never seen a discussion where real people ask real questions and get full, clear answers.
The book, and all talk-show presentations offer the same tired examples that makes it sound like the best thing since sliced bread.
I suspect the reality is the biggest middle class rip-off since Clinton's "retroactive tax", and the baddest redistribution of wealth since Lyndon Johnson.
Oh, and by the way, there is no iron-clad, irrevocable guarantee that we won't have additional taxes created in the future.
Thank you but no, thank you.
If the sales tax folks would just stick to real advantages of a sales tax they would go a long ways. Instead they try to sell this tax as all things to all people. The biggest advantage being that it would strip the income tax out of our exports and add sales tax onto our imports, giving the US a well needed trade advantage. Of course that means the price of imports will rise, but that is the price we would pay. That is the one real advantage of the sales tax. Most of the other claims are gross exagerations and misrepresentations that turns most people off.