You are right it lets see the 2001 $9 Trillion "taxable consumption" base defined by the Fair Tax Act and estimated from NIPA data,But you're including taxes on government purchases and taxing wages on government employees as part of your "consumption base." Do you think a government can pay a tax?
Do you think a government can pay a tax?
The sure pretend to do it under the income tax system everytime government lays a tax on a civil servant's paycheck, a contractor's profits, Treasury bond interest,
Do you think a government can pay a tax?
The sure pretend to do it everytime they tax part of social security, a civil servant's paycheck, a contractor's profits, military pay, Treasury bond interest, social security benefits ...
"Do you think a government can pay a tax?"
Given that they do now, I would say that the answer is a definite yes.