That's absolutely the most fair and equitable system out there -- because most of the costs of government services are fixed, not variable. If one guy earns $25,000 and another one earns $250,000 and they both drive their cars 15,000 miles per year on the highway system (you can extend this rationale to any other government function), then there's no reason why the one earning $250,000 should pay 10x more in taxes for the same "utilization" of public infrastructure.
Even the U.S. government itself recognizes the idiocy of "progressive" revenue generation when it comes to dealing directly with taxpayers instead of through the convoluted labyrinth of the IRS. A first-class stamp costs $0.39 these days no matter how much freakin' money you earn.
That's absolutely the most fair and equitable system out there -- because most of the costs of government services are fixed, not variable. If one guy earns $25,000 and another one earns $250,000 and they both drive their cars 15,000 miles per year on the highway system (you can extend this rationale to any other government function), then there's no reason why the one earning $250,000 should pay 10x more in taxes for the same "utilization" of public infrastructure.---
Guess what! In your example, if those cars cost $20,000 for each person and the Fair Tax was 15%, then the rich guy paid 1.2% of his gross income in taxes on that car while the poor guy paid 12% of his gross income in taxes on that car.
You call that FAIR???? The poor guy pays 10X the percent of his gross pay than the rich guy on taxes for the SAME car!
A consumption tax is a HORRIBLE idea!