You've already said that was a hypothetical example and you know it. Now you're even trying to back out of your "tax plan" since you can't show it to be revenue neutral.
And be "your hero"?? (yeah, right!)
You've gotta be kidding now in view of your posting history. It's certain in the "real world" that you don't wish to learn about anything at all. Nor will you ever admit that anyone has shown you anything. Just stop the pretense. That stunt worked a few threads ago when some of us thought you really did want to learn. You've made it obvious you don't and you've been given ample information but choose to ignore it.
Why should anyone waste their time on your piffle?
I think you know you are backed into a corner and are looking for more smoke and mirrors to escape. Of course it is hypothetical but it is intended to be treated as real for the purposes of dicsussion.
23% is a lot of money- this is not like hunting for needles in haystacks or fine margins, this is a massive part of the cost that you claim can be removed.
The only place it could be "found" is the income and payroll taxes that are now being paid to the FedGov. These ARE embedded taxes and they could be removed from the cost of the goods, and this would drop the prices of the goods. But the Fair Tax doesn't give the business this tax relief, it gives it to the employee.
Not wanting to answer a valid question because I have proven that I ask questions you can't answer. You are good at giving answers to questions that weren't asked. Staying on a real track to actually get anywhere is impossible for you because you don't actually understand what you are saying, so you resort to saying you could answer the question, but won't because I'm not worth an answer.
Since you are so intellectally superior to me I'd think you'd want to prove me wrong, but you can't. And you wouldn't be my hero, you'd be the hero of the entire FairTax movement.
In fact, why don't you tell us where to get rid of the 23% right now, since it isn't related to the income tax paid to the employees, we should be able to eliminate the 23% tomorrow.