There are real advantages to the fairtax. Unfortunately, fairtax.org is not nearly that honest as you in presenting them.
Thank you.
I do not expect the Fair Tax to reduce the total amount of tax I pay. That simply isn't what I want out of it. I want it to make government less intrusive and more efficient. To get the IRS out of my life, drive a stake through its heart, bury it, whizz on the grave, and salt the earth so nothing will grow there.
That is step one. Step two is to reduce the size, scope and cost of government. Both are important, but they don't both have to be done at the same time.
As everyone who's ever managed a household budget knows, if you're spending more than you're making, that is not good. You need to figure out how to make more, and figure out how to spend less. Two related but separate questions.
Democrats want to raise taxes and raise spending; Republicans want to cut taxes and cut spending. Except they never seem to get around to the second part. So the choice is between tax-and-spend and borrow-and-spend. Yippee.