[clamper1797]

Once the fair tax would be implented, all other federal taxes would cease

SUUURRRE they will ... maybe for a little while ... but just as sure asthe sun rises the fed will eventually bring back fed taxes ... a little at a time until we have them completely back ... with the "fair tax" too. If you don't believe it .... I have a bridge for sale

[Mr Rogers]

It is worth remember that the original income tax was 6% for any income between $3,000 and $500,000/year.

VERY simple. Then Congress began to massage it...

[hinckley buzzard]

as sure as the sun rises the fed will eventually bring back fed taxes ... a little at a time until we have them completely back ... with the "fair tax" too.

Exactly right, and the best reason not to jump at this "plan." But beyond that the fact is, every quirky twist and turn in the tax code was put there at the behest of some lobby. Those interest groups haven't gone away, and won't. That's why this revision, so attractive in the abstract, has zero chance of getting off the ground. Huckster knows this damn well. He is being dishonest and cynical using it to suck in naive supporters. Think Bill Clinton's (now Hillary's) "Middle Class tax cut." Fat chance.