[Principled]

How many times do I have to say it? The Flat Tax.

Today it's the flat income tax - ok. Do you think the panel will recommend it?

[Your Nightmare]

Today it's the flat income tax - ok. Do you think the panel will recommend it?

The Flat Tax is not an income tax any more than the FairTax is. You could just as easily call the FairTax a Nation Income-Spent-on Retail Sales Tax. If anything, esp. on the individual level, the Flat Tax is a wage tax (which is a form of consumption tax). [This is the point where all the ignorant Fanboys squawk about how the Flat Tax is no different than what we have now and how the current system started as a flat tax, etc...]

And I think, at this point, I would say there is a slightly better than even chance the panel will recommend some form of flat tax.