"... That would be merely guaranteeing that there would be no passage of the FairTax ... "
rfg:
"... That is another big plus for doing it this way ..."
You've made i clear before that you oppose the FairTax so this is really no surprise. In fact, it's correct to say that you wish to retain the income tax.
Also, once again we see your technique of telling others what you impute to be the motives and desires of the FairTax backers. And those imputations are completely false so you may as well abandon that tactic.
If we had a country that was conservative enough to repeal the 16th amendment, we's also be able to easily privatize social security, reform medicare, and reduce welfare. And under those circumstances, with the government cut in half, then we would be able to have the discussion about whether an income tax or a sales tax is better. We do not have that country, and the 16th repeal is not going to happen after a sales tax is implemented.