Thanks for the courteous reply. I’m not convinced, though.
In any revenue-neutral change in the taxation system, by definition some will come out ahead, and some will get screwed. Those differences in themselves will have some profound effects on the economy, as well as on individuals, and I seriously doubt anyone has thought through all the implications.
Law of Unintended Consequences and all that.
Which is why the FairTax research was funded with 20 million dollars. AFFT thought the economists would recommend a flat tax but after all the research was complete, the consumption tax won out.
No it's not perfect but no other alternative has been so thoroughly vetted as the FairTax. All of the implications have been more thought through than any other system, except for the current one.