[RobFromGa]

I agree that if prices were to remain about the same, in the +/- 5% range that would be perfectly acceptable tradeoff to get rid of the IRS. I would even go 10%.

[Bigun]

The problem is, as has been previously pointed out by others on this thread, that no one, not even the greatest accountant who ever lived, can determine with precision the true cost of manufacture, ex taxes and their compliance cost, for any item manufactured in the USA today.

Personally, I suspect those costs are higher than generally thought butsince I cannot prove that I will refrain from making that claim.

[Bigun]

BTW! Let me take the opportunity to thank you for the very civil discussion and point out to you what is, for me at least, the central point in all of this.

With the progressive income tax system the government is allowed to make, and enforce, an apriori claim to whatever portion of the fruits of your labor they wish, the very defination of slavery IMHO. On the other hand the Fairtax makes no such claims and does not require the modern version of the Spanish inquisition for it's enforcement.

How much is FREEDOM worth?