"The perfect is the enemy of the good."
You are saying that evading NRST means we should keep the present system, even though it is plain to see that NRST is harder to evade, especially for the people in the illegal/underground economy, who just plain ignore the system us law abiding serfs pay into.
No I wasn't saying that evading the NRST means we should keep the present system. I am unsure how I feel about the NRST and there are several questions I have about it.
First, I hear proponents say that it will be harder to evade than income taxes. My response was that I don't think it will be, it isn't plainly in front of us that this will be the case. So I wasn't presenting this as an argument against changing, I was just saying it's not a clear argument for changing.
Secondly, I do believe it's plain to see that taxation will change behavior and consumption for new items will drop dramatically in the first few years. That will reduce demand and the economy will be in the tank for a while. I am interested in how NRST proponents would remedy this.
I also stated that from a long-term view, I like how the NRST will motivate more savings, lower indebtedness, and longer useage and repair of consumer products.