[Shalom Israel]

How is this for a conflict of interest: the very people that get decide how to spend your tax money are the same people who get to decide how much of your money to take and when to take it....does that make any sense?!

The "Fair Tax" certainly doesn't change that situation.

[socialismisinsidious]

Under the Fair Tax if I don't want to give the government more money then I can choose not to buy (the rebate covers tax on necessities so don't even go there)....Just try and choose not to pay the income tax. I certainly can't fore go withholding (the biggest scam and power grab by the congress critters ever).

Also, under the Fair Tax all federal taxes will be visible (no more stealth taxes, loopholes and convoluted rhetoric) and the sheople will see their tax burden with every single transaction!(why do you think the stealth withholding was started in the first place?)....better in which to keep the bureaucrappers in line b/c every single one of US will have a vested interest in keeping the rate low.

[pigdog]

Oh, but it DOES change the situation you describe - you just can't figure it our apparently. Try again!