Whoa, whoa, whoa! That wasn't my question. That wasn't even close to my question.
And you say I have a reading problem?
Let's try this again. Your definition of "hidden tax costs" or hidden taxes" is some part of business income taxes, employer portion of fica, compliance costs, opportunity costs, etc. Now, on average, what percent of the price of the product TODAY is due to this? Is it 3.75%? Is it 9%? Or some other number?
And you do seem to have a reading problem since you haven't answered my question from #1136. Instead, you seem to think this is some sort of a game that allows you to make up far-fetched hypothetical examples, pretend they're real, and then take potshots at any FairTax supporter who might respond.
As opposed to unrealistic examples such as those you pose, I've offered to use your own real FairTax effective tax rate to see how you would benefit (or not) in comparison to the income tax - yet you keep ducking out. Why are you afraid of this since you obviously support the income tax??? If it's so great, let's see how it applies in your situation. Just respond to my original #917 (which, you'll note, uses the 9% hidden tax/embedded tax cost figure).