The only way that FairTaxers even debate is to call their opposition things like "daft", to make wagers that the opponent's "living is somehow tied to the income tax", and to suggest that we look to the studies for the answers to all our issues.
The FairTaxers will lost the battle because they continue to misrepresent their plan. In a number of ways.
The biggest misrepresentation is regarding the fact that gross wages will drop.
The second misrepresentation is that the IRS will be dead and Americans will never again need fear the taxman. In reality is that the HappyTax enforcement agents will need to be at least as aggressive as the current IRS is in order to avoid massive evasion of the 30% sales tax.
Another misrepresentation is that there will be huge compliance cost savings to business.
In summary, the HappyTaxers are selling a flawed plan that offers significant risk to the economy and the Treasury.
The biggest misrepresentations I have seen are from you in your vanity posts when you make an interpretation of what the book authors mean and then claim it is a lie.
It is no lie but an intentional warping of what was said to suit your own agenda. This clearly indicates you Squirrels realize you've already lost the battle - as well as the debate.
Read the bill, the IRS is eliminated. States will collect the taxes from retailers and already have this ability and use it all the time. And the "massive evasion" you suggest is something that goes on right now under the income tax with the illegal economy ... and it's no doubt far larger than any evasion that would be likely under the FairTax.
And, certainly, there WILL be huge compliance cost savings with the FairTax - from both business AND personal tax standpoints. Something like from $250 to $1,999 Billion IS huge and it's all presently a dead loss to the economy.
You have yet to clearly identify significant flaws or risks from the FairTsax plan.