Maybe not another subject... The progressive income tax we have now is what has allowed politicians to get away with increasing federal spending, and to overstep it's constitutionally limited functions and get into all sorts of things which should be left to the states. Two important issues here:
1 - The progressive nature of the income tax means fewer people feel the pain of taxation. Both the less-progressive quality of the FiarTax and the greater visibility of the cost of governement will tend to make increasing federal spending less popular, and cutting federal spending more popular. I assume you understand this concept very well having been a supporter of the Flat Tax.
2 - The direct taxation has allowed the federal government to bypass the states and go directly to the people's wallets, then offer back that money to the states on the condition that the states do things the way DC wants them done. The FairTax does not eliminate this dynamic, but does alter it the direction of taking power out of DC and putting it in the hands of the people and the states.
Even a slight alteration in the Fed extortion of the states is fine in my book.
I can support pretty close to anything that will cut down on the Feds telling states to pass laws or lose "federal funds".as if that money was theirs, when actually it is all ours.
I am not naive enough to realize a certain amount of taxation at both the federal and state/local level is warranted..........but the current levels at all levels is pretty much out of control. Smaller government = lower taxes.