Another thread about the tax that won't happen huh...
Simple fact, once every thing is cleared to the brass tacks, is that the American people will not support replacing one progressive tax with another, especially one that punishes SPENDING in our economy.
Wrap it in red, white and blue all you want, to create a systems that punishes people who spend more is just a non starter in 21st Century USA...
For the best over view of the other side of the Fair Tax, best single article I have seen is from the Conservative Mises Institute, and economic studies Think Tank:
http://www.mises.org/story/1814
There are many others, but this is a great start...
As I have said before, get back to me with a plan that gets rid of or reduces the IRS AND balances the burden for all.
"You pay taxes that you don't owe, that are embedded in things you didn't buy, because only your income is taxed, therefore what you might buy will have to be taxed again, especially if you had after tax money, to spend on untaxed things with embedded taxes, that aren't taxed because corporations don't pay taxes, because you paid the taxes you didn't owe."