The FairTax is an excise tax coupled with a rebate to add a progressive component.
The original tax system that made America the wonder of the world was an excise tax, an indirect tax crafted by the Framers to eschew any form of favoritism.
The Income tax is a plank in the Communist Manifesto, promoted by Marx as a way of bringing socialism to a capitalist society.
And you think that Americans are going to believe that the FairTax excise tax is the ‘worst’ idea?
Read what Mark Twain said about fools and pay heed!
The excise tax of the "Framers" was on imports, not domestic goods and services, and could easily be avoided by most Americans of the time without impacting their lifestyle. Imports were considered luxury items purchased mostly by the wealthy.
By imposing a tax on imports, favoritism (protectionism) was shown to domestically produced products.
The Income tax is a plank in the Communist Manifesto, promoted by Marx as a way of bringing socialism to a capitalist society.
Marx also saw "free trade" as a means of furthering socialism.