Of course, you accuse the supporters of the Fair Tax of using doctored numbers, but is it possible that this person is using doctored numbers as well, but in opposition to the Fair Tax?"This person" was hired by the authors of the Fairtax to do the study.
At one time "this person's" name was used in every other post by Fairtaxers as THEE authority on embedded taxes for the Fairtax. It wasn't untill recently that "this person" became dirt when it was exposed that AFFT NOT "this person" was is lying about 22% embedded taxes and 100% paychecks all along...
I’ll have to investigate this further, but just remember that there’s a long history of people who’ve “turned” on the side that they claimed to support, for purely personal reasons.
Names that come to mind off-hand include David Brock, Scott Ritter, and just about anyone formerly in the Bush Administration who’s written a book.
I’ll look into it, but as I said earlier, if he really said that the majority of the savings would come from payroll, that’s just wrong at the outset.
No matter what, my main reasons for supporting the “Fair Tax” are that a) it imposes the tax on everyone who buys new products and services at the point of retail sales. b) it takes a lot of power from our congress-critters. No more playing favorites. c) it becomes impossible for congress to hide a tax.
Mark