States and localities pay the FairTax (which is more likely a 19% t-i rateEven if 19% vs 23% was true which it "more likely" isn't, is a new (HIDDEN) 19% tax on states and localities (That would be us, but you're too dishonest to admit that) supposed to make us all stand and cheer for the Fairtax?...we're not all lunatics too.
The states are taxed now Looey and the subset (you do know what that means, don't you?) of W&S employees affected is actually pretty small IAE.
There's nothing hidden about such a tax nor is it hidden by being embedded in prices as at present.
What indicates that 19% isn't true?
Further, the tax is replacing taxes that already exist in nearly the same amounts. So the amount of tax remains nearly constant. In that sense, it's not new. It is only "new" in the sense that the bill would have passed more recently than the tax it replaces.
Honesty is the best policy lewis. That goes for paying your share of the income/payroll tax burden too.