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As for the service economy. In many cases fees can be lowered by the amount of tax liability and the service provider will net the same. A CPA making 100,000 minus 20,000 in tax, SS and Medicare no longer has to pay those things. He now has room to lower his fees if competition forces him too and I believe it will.

Why should the service provider (hint small businessman) get what he gets now, and the wage earner gets his pay now plus his FICA taxes plus his income taxes?

Do you agree that this would put the business owner (who you say should get the same takehome as before the FairTax) at a relative disadvantage vs the hundred million wage earners who are expecting to get their whole check (15-25% more income than before the FairTax)?

Why should the service provider (hint small businessman) get what he gets now, and the wage earner gets his pay now plus his FICA taxes plus his income taxes?

The small businessman gets his whole paycheck now. He just writes a check quarterly and another at the end of the year for both taxes and FICA. The wage earner is at no advantage. What are you talking about?