That's a bastardization of the word "voluntary". If you don't want to pay income tax, you can choose not to earn income, too.
That's a bastardization of the word "voluntary". If you don't want to pay income tax, you can choose not to earn income, too.This crap about the FairTax being "voluntary" is too typical of FairTax supporters. It would not be voluntary. Voluntary would be if they asked me when I bought a new car "Do you want us to add $10,000 in FairTax to the price?" That would be voluntary.
Actually, under the FairTax legislation, one can choose to not purchase new concentrating on used items, as well as grow one's wealth through investment not taxed.
Under your scenario for the avoiding an income tax by not earning income, one merely becomes poorer without the option of being better off overtime that is inherently present with a retail sales tax system.
Under a sales tax system one may defer consumption of services and new products in favor of saving, investing and adjusting one's consumption habits for greater future potential not sacrificing today earning but redirecting them into more productive venues.