a minimum wage is supposed to do the same type of thing and is routinely manipulated.
And you’ve just made my point. Anything can be manipulated by the politicians. The Fair Tax is no different. The Fair Tax, AS WRITTEN, is much cleaner and far less susceptible to manipulation than the income tax.
The prebate is provided to all, at a flat rate, on the basis of family size. As written, there is no ability in the Fair Tax Bill to change the prebate on the basis of income, to track products purchased or to provide differential reimbursements on any basis.