I've "gotten it" for a long time, but you're still stuck in fantasy land. I challenge you to show me where the NRST bill authorizes a tax on state or local sales taxes, because the sections you quoted support my point, that " `gross payments' means payments for taxable property or services, including Federal taxes imposed by this title" -- note that state/local sales taxes are not included in this definition. Also comapre to the principles of interpretation in the bill (I can't quote directly because thomas.loc.gov doesn't have this session's version on-line yet, and I don't have a copy of last session's bill), which state that administrators and judges should interpret the law to avoid multiple or cascading taxes.
Nor are they exempt....
gross payments' means payments for taxable property or services,
What else would they be for?
including Federal taxes imposed by this title"
It has to say that because it includes the fairtax in the "gross payment"
I challenge you to show me where the NRST bill authorizes a tax on state or local sales taxes,
I've already done that unless you can show me how to get to "gross payments for taxable property or services" and exclude state/local taxes...If the "gross payment" doesn't include everything it isn't a "gross payment" ...is it.
I chalenge you to show me an example of the total (gross) cost of a product in a state with a sales tax, that excludes state sales taxes...