I don't think fraud is a good word to use. I think they really might not understand it.
I had no agenda. I did not "come here" to debate the FairTax, I have "been here" almost five years. I have been very actively involved in many topics through the years, the FairTax jsut caught my interest because it was gaining steam and it sounded too good to be true. And as described it looks like it was.
I like Always Right as well. I have said repeatedly that I am not against the FairTax Plan per se, but we've got to know what it is before we can discuss it openly.
I actually don't like the Income Tax at all, and I would come out ahead most likely under the FairTax as long as the business expense deduction on NRST would stand, and as long as it didn't destroy the overall economy which would kill most businesses. I do think compliance with the business use aspect of the plan will be pretty tough to manage without high compliance costs.
The other main area of concern is the level of tax at 30% could create very high potential for evasion and cheating. But that is debatable. (sorry about the earlier mixup it was unintentional)
It's too late. Let's go about this tomorrow.