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I really like the Fair Tax, except for the rebate/prebate.

One of the positive aspects of the Fair Tax is to relieve the gov't of the need to monitor personal income, but the rebate will maintain this gov't intrusion into our personal business.

Also, the rebate is ripe for abuse, & will require a huge bureaucracy to administer. Actually, it is just a mirror image of the current system, & I don't like what I see in the mirror.

The rules of the rebate will be manipulated by pols, as the current system is now. I see it is already being manipulated, as the reference to the marriage penalty is new to me. This is stupid to me, as it is obvious that married couples will have a tax advantage over 2 single people when purchasing anything that could be shared such as appliances, furniture, housing, etc.

I would much prefer that some sales are not taxed, such as food, shelter, & medical, etc. This is currently being done in some states with sales taxes, & has worked well for years. This treats EVERY citizen equally, & any changes to what is taxed cannot be used to target groups or constituencies - the changes apply to everyone.

You have it precisely backwards.

There is no huge bureaucracy to monitor anyone's life. Everyone with a SS number who registers for the prebate gets it for their household regardless of income. Yearly (and when your situation changes) you report the number in your household along with the SS numbers. That's it. Once in the system, it's a mouse click to issue the checks.

Exempting items is what got us into the mess that we have now. Granting exemptions will allow the corrupting lobbyist business to continue.

The prebate makes it politically feasable by protecting the lower income households. It will defang the demogogues who would yell 'regressive'.

There may be provisions that will or maybe should change. The prebate and a single rate for everyone on everything is the way to go. That is what must not be changed.

With the prebate - all that will need to be sent to the Gov is the number of people in the house -period - matched of course by SSN's - so the same SSN (person) wont be able to be listed multiple times at diff addresses....that's it - that' all that will be required....no income figures , no W-2's = just a post card with how many in the household (with SSN's)