[lewislynn]

With the FairTax, illegals will pay taxes at the same rate as you and I but will not be eligible for the prebate making their effecive rate right up there.

WOO! WOW! That is special!

But they do pay all those embedded taxes you guys claim exists now too don't they.

[StJacques]

"But they do pay all those embedded taxes you guys claim exists now too don't they"

Problem in your phraseology there. It could better be stated that "they do pay all those embedded costs of the income tax." And yes they do. But that in no way brings them into compliance with the rest of the country, since everyone else pays the income tax too.

[pigdog]

As I've shown several times before, on a $100 sale the income tax resulting would be something like $3.75 - and most of that would not be from embedded taxes but normal income tax. With the FairTax the tax realized would be $23 rather than $3.75.