Good grief man, how many times can he explain it to you?
I'll type real slow so you can keep up.
1. As of now, under the current system: Drug dealer pays zero, zip, nada ($0.00) in federal income taxes. And collects zero, zip, nada in state sales taxes. He gets to keep the full $150K and pay a paltry (depending on state) 6% or so on purchases in state sales taxes.
2. Under the proposed tax plan: Drug dealer still doesn't collect state sales tax on the $150K in drugs he sold, and won't collect the federal NRST either; BUT, he will pay the NRST on that shiny new Caddy with the $1000.00 set of gold spinner rims and the $1000.00 sound system with the giant sub woofer in the trunk, and all those gold chains, and all the chemicals he uses to make his crack or meth or whatever. NOt to mention all the other stuff he'll buy. That IS a net gain to government that government is NOT getting now.
The drug users; the buyer of said drugs; He'll still be paying NRST too, as will you and I, on other legal products and services (just like the dealer). The way I see it, the NRST would level the playing field with regard to the tax burden, and will open up the eyes of the public to government spending. Power will/should shift from the fedgov back to the people where it belongs.
How much money does it cost the economy to comply with the current Rube Goldberg tax system we have now? That alone is worth the price of admission in my mind.
Good greif, how many times do I have to explain it to you. I'll put it in simple terms. Even under the current system, when the drug dealer buys a Caddy and all the gold chains, income is created and taxes are paid in an amount that is compariable to the proposed sales tax. The drug dealer does not pay these taxes directly, but taxes get paid.