WHO is fairtax.org
Things like that bother me.
After a bit of googling around
The original nefarious Houston plotters for demise of the current federal tax code were
Some Fair Tax Act history and information:
http://www.txfb.org/TexasAgriculture/2003/060603/060603fairtax.htm
AFFT got its start in 1994 when three Houston businessmen began cussing and discussing the Federal tax code over lunch. At this particular lunch, however, the three decided to do something about it and each pledged $1.5 million in seed money to hire the best tax experts in the country to identify the faults of the current system, to determine what American citizens wanted to see in tax reform and then to design the best tax system possible.
The three went on to raise an additional $17 million, which funded focus groups with citizens around the country and studies with nationally prominent experts in tax policy.
The final result became a bipartisan bill sponsored by Rep. John Linder (R-GA) and Collin Peterson (D-MN). Originally submitted to the House of Representatives as HR 2525, "The Fair Tax of 1999," it was resubmitted in the 107th Congress and again in the 108th Congress as the "Fair Tax Act of 2003."