[Daveinyork]

Congress, Federal bureaucracy, tax cheats, underground economy, kleptomaniac voters, special interest groups, human nature, none of which will change under the Fair Tax, and they will all influence the outcome - “Don’t tax me, don’t tax thee, tax that man behind that tree.” (turn of the 20th century cartoon).

[baybabe]

Clearly, Daveinyork, some of the groups you name will change. But the upshot of it is that there will be more taxpayers than under the income tax and that will help lower the tax burden on the rest of us.