"WalMart may not risk a 'sanction,' but you have to admit that there would be countless other people selling things -- say in WalMart's parking lot -- that WalMart sells, but for 30% less. And that many consumers would prefer to buy the same or a comparable item for 30% less."
Oh boy, here we go again with the tax reform urban legend about parking lot venders operating in broad daylight that will just be impossible to catch. As if anyone driving around a shopping center can't figure out what is going on. Get serious.
Are you going to bring up your fear of smuggling real estate across the borders to avoid the sales tax, also? That was brought up on a previous thread.
Let's put this into perspective. Will there be a different set of compliance issues with a sales tax than we have seen with an income tax? Of course. Will they be of greater magnitude or likely to create higher rates of non-compliance than we have now? Of course not.
The FairTax isn't perfect. It is just the best tax system that anyone has come up with in the 200+ years that this country has been in existence. For many of us, that is good enough for now. You can work on a perfect system and when you get it all done, all of us will applaud you and probably work to help you get it implemented.
"The NSRT would cause a huge black market and disruption to our economy and society."
How? I think the economy would still thrive, the government might be hurt but I don't equate the economy with government revenue.