"It has been explained so that it is easy to understand, and it has been checked with the Harvard Chief Economist who did the study that the FairTaxers are relying on and he agrees that wages were assumed to go down to current take-home pay levels. "
What he said was IN HIS ECONOMIC MODEL HE ASSUMED AWAY INCOME AND PAYROLL TAXES to simplify the study. That my friend is a simplifying assumption which is not in concert with the 75 other economists whose letter I posted when they stated that quite the opposite would occur.
THAT is a difference of opinion despite your moronic attempts to gain 15 minutes of fame on a FR thread by misrepresentating things. You are truly pathetic. And, no - you don't know WHAT "... the FairTaxers are relying upon ..." as you pretend. It is obviously more than just a single study as is made clear by the letter from the 75 economists since that letter clearly contradicts Jorgenson's wage assumption.
Do you realize how ignorant fair taxers look when they insist that a fact is a 'difference of opinion? I suppose you don't because you continue to do it. It is not helping your cause.
Where in their letter do the 75 economists state that gross pay will stay the same under the FairTax?
Where does the letter say this?
Just to make sure that your position is clear-- you are still under the impression that every wage earner in the USA will be able to receive a 20-25% on average increase in purchasing power at the retail level by implementing your Fair Tax?
Everyone will receive a 20-25% price increase in take-home pay and all prices will remain the same on average?
Is this what you still believe?