I personally don't like some provisions of the Fair Tax proposal -- the prebate (which reminds me of McGovern's "negative income tax") particularly doesn't do much for me.
Unfortunately there are issues that must be addressed to make any tax bill politically viable. When it is a choice between DOA and the potential for enactment, I'll take the later. Especially as the alternative of piecemeal exception of goods and services picked by pandering politicians would be a total disaster.
100% agreed. A simple, uniform NRST in any form is far better than our current embarrassment.
People that wait for perfect solutions generally get to do a lot of waiting. In this case, I will be glad to see the Fair Tax enacted as it is written in H.R. 25, even if I personally would have liked to see some details done differently.