Bingo. Even the sales tax advocacy groups admit this.
That can not be true. I agree that they carry some burden with the embedded costs in the prices of goods they pay, however they certainly are not carrying the same burden as a legitimately employed income tax payer.
The reason the rate is so high (30%) is simply because we have to many people that don't realize the size of the burden. The single biggest benefit to the NRST is the fact that ALL citizens will carry the burden, then realize the cost of the government they have been demanding. This will bring many people to the limited government political viewpoint that are currently demanding expanded government on the backs of the productive.
How do you propose reducing the size of government when half the population is ignorant to the cost of government?