I think that's going to be offset by the taxes you will be paying where you never paid them before. Services, for example. Your lawyer, accountant, plumber, barber, the kid who cuts your lawn, and, the biggie, healthcare.
I predict that very soon after the NRST is implementd, we'll switch to a cashless society. We'll have to. The fraud in the service industry will be outrageous. Also, bartering will make a comeback with that 30% incentive (Fix my sink and I'll write your Will for you -- Uncle Sam loses twice).
And the NRST will, of couse, have to increase to compensate.
You replied to the wrong person. But to address your point, what is wrong with the situation you describe? Doesn't that just prove that the cost of government is higher than society will accept? Doesn't it show the unfairness in today's system with half of society carrying a burden that all of society would deem unacceptable if they could plainly see it?
What better way can you propose to drive spending reductions?