You need to see beyond this AR.
Nobody ever said the FairTax taxes criminal sales. That has never been said. That is a strawman to deflect from the fact that the FairTax does indeed collect more in fed tax from criminals. ANd this strawman doesn’t even attempt to address the illegals issue.
That the FairTax does not tax criminal sales doesn’t even represent a change from today.
But the nrst fully taxes illegals when they consume.
And it fully taxes criminals when they consume.
That criminal drug sales occur without having tax collected is no change from today.
Yes you did when you said "[illegals, criminals] will begin paying their full share of federal tax via purchases under the nrst." Without expanding the base to include illegal activities, the fairtax base just includes the exact same legal market activities as the income tax, and then there is no basis for your argument that prices will somehow magically come down under the fairtax. Under the fairtax, criminals will NOT be paying their full share, as they will still not be remitting any taxes for their illegal activities.
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