[lucysmom]

Not really. The paper from the two U. of TN guys has been linked to numerous times on these threads so your neglect in doing so is certainly spurious.

Oh, the authors don't ask that the paper not be cited or quoted without permission?

Ya, I forgot, erosion isn't in the bill therefore it can't happen. Any assumption that human beings will push the envelope when it comes to taxes flies in the face of experience.

[pigdog]

I'd be glad to discuss any concrete figures you might have that show a "20% erosion" when in fact under the FairTax, the act of purchasing the taxable item and obtaining the specified receipt represents 100% compliance with the law by the taxpayer. Since the Department of Commerce recently showed that just 3.6% of retailers collectively make 85.7% of all U.S. sales. Fewer points of collection will mean higher compliance with the FairTax than with today's complex system.

To show your 20% you'd need to show that a huge portion of the businesses doing the 85.6% of the sales (after agreeing in writing to collect and forward the tax) were not doing so but in fact were performing criminal acts.

I don't believe that and I frankly doubt that many others do aside from your own little group of a dozen or so income tax loving associates. You've offered no such concrete proof of anything like that - and I doubt you ever will.