[Bigun]

I understand and accept that full gross pay and a 23% price decrease is not possible.

If I may be so bold as to slightly modify this to read:

I understand and accept that full gross pay and a 23% price decrease is not immediately possible. I will concur with that.

Perhaps that is what the entire argument is all about as I have no doubt that 18 months after the fairtax becomes the law of the land both of those things will have been realized.

[groanup]

Good points both. If purchasing power increases by 20-25% and prices go up by the same amount, all you need for prosperity to set in is either a booming economy where purchasing power increases a lot more or a reduction in prices due to imbedded taxes, compliance etc. Or..., both.

But the ball and chain has disappeared.

[pigdog]

Excellent observation - but many of the naysayers can't/won't think that far ahead.