Certainly you shouldn't count out the FairTax. It clearly is attracting more recognition and support all the time. By passing the FairTax, the AMT is automatically eliminated along with payroll taxes, income taxes, and other taxes (e.g., estate taxes).
Yes, federal spending should be lowered but right now with the present tax system, the taxpayer can have little effect on choosing not to be taxed. With the FairTax one has greatly more choice in that regard.
Hang in there and watch. The libs are getting paniced by the very thought of the FairTax disrupting their little cozy little game of living off of the taxpayers since they (the hapless taxpayers) have no idea how much their government costs them. That will change.
Hey, I am for the fairtax. I'm not for the flat tax. I was simply responding to the various posts that neither seemed to be making much headway in Washington.
The reason I'm for the fair tax is that nobody, but nobody can cheat with the fairtax.