[robertpaulsen]

"Do you believe the 9% or the 23%?"

It depends. Under the Fair Tax, are workers going to take home their gross, their net, or something in between?

If they're taking home their gross, then I believe there's 9% to work with. If they take home their current amount (net), then there's 23% to play with and manufacturers can maintain their current prices.

Do you know what's going to happen under the Fair Tax?

"I predict you will refuse to answer."

Not I. It's your side that runs away from questions, yelling over their shoulder, "Read the booooooooook"

[Principled]

Wait a minuet Robert - just a few posts up you said 23%. Are you changing your position to “either, depending”?

[Principled]

Shell game, again?

WHich is it robert? You told me that since 23% of prices were taxes ["Everyone who buys something today pays hidden taxes equal to the Fair Tax"], so the base wasn't getting larger nor were the number of payers increasing.

Then, you said "It depends".

So now you agree that the base is almost twice as large AND there will be more payers. QUick switch!