Begging the question, combined with bandwagon fallacy (argumentum ad populum).
Two wrongs don't make a right. I claim the point you are trying to elude.
You seem top be in the minority though, since here are 75 well-recognized economists who say in their letter the Congress and the President in talking about the effects of the bill.....
More ad populum, variety "10,000 Frenchmen can't be wrong", combined with appeal to authority.
Of course, more than 75 environmentalist wackos insist that the United States should sign and ratify the Kyoto Accords. You in favor of that one, Mr. Chamber Cheerleader?
Didn't think so.
To review:
I argued that employers would recoup the amounts now withheld from W-2 income, if the income tax were repealed and the "Fair" (in your mind) NRST were passed into law instead.
You replied with garbage.
I claim the point.
Passage of NRST will not increase takehome pay, and it will increase retail costs to be borne by that income, as businesses dump their federal tax burden off onto their employees.
Talk about "garbage"!
So we are now to believe that you are more knowledgeable than the 75 economists who agree that the employees will get all their money??
Where was your economics degree from and how many years of experience have you in that field?
You can "claim" all the "points" you like. That has no meaning at all. Even common sense should indicate to you that many employees have contractual agreements with their employers specifying gross wages. The FairTax does nothing to abrogate those agreements in any way. In fact, that gives all the more impetus for others to receive "NET = GROSS" as it's sometimes called.