The IRS has extraordinary police and confiscatory powers. It can paralyze any citizen overnight, right or wrong, and it takes decades to straighten out their wrong decisions. I cannot fathom why any rational human being would not want to see it gone. The way to cheat under the current system is to play games when you record your income and when you fill out your 1040 Form to avoid paying income taxes.
The way to cheat under the Fair Tax is to play games by purchasing goods and services on the black market to avoid paying sales taxes.
Yes, the IRS will be gone.
However, a new Government creature, the Fair Revenue Tax Service (FRTS....Pronounced "Farts") will take its place to ensure that you can prove that everything that you own, from your car to your Fruit-of-the-Loom underwear, was not bought on the black market.
FRTS will have extraordinary police and confiscatory powers. It will be able to paralyze any citizen overnight, right or wrong, and it will take decades to straighten out their wrong decisions.
Meet the new Boss. Same as the old Boss.
"FRTS Police! Show me your papers to prove that you paid Fair Tax when you bought that banjo!"
"Meet the new Boss. Same as the old Boss. "
Absolutely not. the old Boss is the IRS we know and love and it now interacts with the direct tax by government directly on the taxpayer.
The FairTax on the other hand is an indirect tax with the government having no direct "hook" to go after the taxpayer.
Under the FairTax, the taxpayer automatically complies with the law when he buys an item and receives a receipt. He then has no further involvement with the tax authorities - which in this case would be the state sales tax authority (not the federal) and the merchant is paid to collect and forward the tax to the state and the state likewise paid to gather the taxes from the merchants and forward them to the feds.
Neither the federal or state government has any further grasp on the taxpayer; they would be monitoring the merchants who have agreed in writing to collect and forward the tax - and be paid to do so. The merchant also has the presumption of innocence on his side unlike the present situation where one must prove he's not guilty to the IRS, the collection agency.
The taxpayer is not involved after the purchase so your cartoon is incorrect