[Principled]

Perhaps we should rename the FairTax the "Have Your Cake and Eat It Too Tax", or the "Don't Worry, Be Happy Tax".

Feel free to name it anything you want. I'm thinking "Grow the tax base by almost double and more than double the number of payers to reduce the tax burden of legal participants in the income tax system".

Of course, those who currently do not legally participate in today's tax system will see an increase.

[robertpaulsen]

"and more than double the number of payers"

Hah! Everyone who buys something today pays hidden taxes equal to the Fair Tax -- the Fair Tax simply makes them visible, remember?

Double the number of payers? Halve the number of payers, perhaps, as people switch over to used goods or cheat the system.

[lucysmom]

"Grow the tax base by almost double and more than double the number of payers to reduce the tax burden of legal participants in the income tax system".

Doesn't growing the tax base mean increasing the number of the taxable activities rather than increasing the number of people paying tax?