I think tax reform is needed, and perhaps a fair tax could be made to work, but when its proponents do nothing but call people who disagree with them "idiots" and "morons" then the fair tax people have lost the argument even before there is a proper debate. If you think tax reform is important and not just another sporting event with winners and losers, then you need to help. Soon the debate will go national, and the side that best keeps their wits and sounds professional will prevail.
Now, see -- that's a reasonable comment and not simply argumentative.
The article itself, however it not really worth discussing. It is full of factictual and logical errors that even the perennial anti-NRST folks would have to agree just looks silly. The author presents a lazy and sophomoric piece of work that relies on myth and conjecture rather than fact. It's much more efficient to start from scratch and actually discuss the NRST proposal than it is to bother refuting the author line-by-line.
This is the first thread on this issue I've really participated in because I was able to get into it within the first 10 posts.
The occassonal "idiot" or "moron" comments made no nevermind to me, as the VAST majority of posts by those who made a few of the comments were extremely level-headed and informative.
If you honestly think "the side that best keeps their wits and sounds professional will prevail" you haven't been paying much attention to many controversial issues. Wits and professionalism mean nothing when up against opponents with buckets and buckets of money.......I know, I've been there.