[Always Right]

You make a lot of assumptions too. For one thing taxes are different in every state, and you are saying every state has the same tax code.

I realize that, that is why I took the total of what states collect now of income and sales tax and averaged it out what a typical state would have to charge to make up for that revenue. My analysis is rock solid.

[Sprite518]

You can't do that way, and you know it. Look I don't not want to have to teach you basic econ 101. Trust me your point is as solid as water.

[pigdog]

"Rock solid"??? You're joking, right???

Once the FairTax becomes law many of the states will go to a conforming state sales tax and the sales tax rate will greatly decline in most states to quite a bit less than half its present figure. In CA, for example I think it would drop from 7.75% down to the 2% or 3% range.

So taking existing rates and calculating an "average" is like mixing fleas and giraffes. The number is pretty meaningless.