[eskimo]

The FairTax doesn't rely on the illegal economy being static.

Oh, so you really think an illegal economy of services and black market goods that has the very real potential to increase by, at least, an order of magnetude is not going to turn the "fair tax" scam into a nightmare for most Americans?

[Zon]

Oh, so you really think an illegal economy of services and black market goods that has the very real potential to increase by, at least, an order of magnetude

Your "arguments" get more absurd with each post. The loss of tax revenue under the present tax system will be about the same or less under the FairTax. Your comment is blatant sensationalism of a boogieman. A boogieman is a fabricated fear.

[pigdog]

Correct ... that will not happen. The evasion will be less than at present since everyone in the illegal economy is presently bassically outside the tax system where with the FairTax they will be paying their full tax share when they purchase for consumption.

There are more than 21 million illegal aliens (and not the ridiculous 10 or 11 million the government throws around) and those folk alone represent a huge amount of tax revenue as do drug dealers and others currently not hit by the income tax.

Nothing that could be devised under the FairTax in the way of some black market goods operation - NOTHING!!! - would even come close under the FairTax. And that's ignoring the many other forms of tax evasion that go on under the income tax at present which even the IRS admits is huge.