That's a PREDICTION not a reason to support the Status Quo.
Fairtax seems ok, but the current code is entrenched with multiple lobbying interests to keep it. Secondly, you tell people, the average person, that you are going to screw around with the tax code they have become used to all their lives....no way, no how.
It's akin to legalizing pot....makes perfect sense, but ain't gonna happen.