[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

The 30% figure is simply what would be required to replace all current revenue from other sources, ie to be ‘revenue neutral.” The sales tax makes that horrendous level of federal spending visible.

I would bet that a 30% consumption is 'revenue inflationary' rather than 'revenue neutral'.

And I do not need to be slapped in the face with this Un-Fair Tax of 30% to know that gov't spending is out of whack. And what makes you and the other Un-Fair Tax people think that this will have any influence on reining in the out-of-control gov't spending?

[longtermmemmory]

(s)What about my living PREBATE?(/s)

[EternalVigilance]

The current income tax system in this country is the largest and most sophisticated game of divide and conquer ever devised by man. Different groups of Americans are over and over again played off against each other by our politicians, with tax system payoffs or punishments.

Under a decent consumption based tax system there would be one tax, one rate, one set of taxed products and services.

The only political argument left to fight over would be the rate.

And finally, all Americans would be united in one self-interest: to make the rate lower.

And the only way to get the rate lower is to cut spending.

That’s the sort of built in political pressure for change that we need.

Moving the deck chairs around on the Titantic some more gets us nowhere.