[Principled]

You could think of one’s tax burden as three parts;

-embedded taxes
-PIT
-Payroll

Criminals/illegals only pay one of these - embedded tax. Legals, however, pay all three parts.

Under the nrst, one’s tax burden is only one part;

-tax on consumption.

Criminals/illegals will pay this tax, just like legals.

....

Under the nrst, criminals/illegals will pay a greater portion of the total collected [and legals will pay less].

[Always Right]

You could think of one’s tax burden as three parts;

-embedded taxes
-PIT
-Payroll

Only if you don't realize 'embedded taxes' already includes PIT and Payroll taxes. Do you ever wonder why the fairytax.org analysis is always so rosy? Because for the income tax it counts taxes twice. You can either count taxes being paid by the individuals and businesses that submit them, or you can count them as embedded. When you try to count them twice, you void any logical discussion and enter fairytax.org land.

[Always Right]

You could think of one’s tax burden as three parts;

-embedded taxes
-PIT
-Payroll

Only if you don't realize 'embedded taxes' already includes PIT and Payroll taxes. Do you ever wonder why the fairytax.org analysis is always so rosy? Because for the income tax it counts taxes twice. You can either count taxes being paid by the individuals and businesses that submit them, or you can count them as embedded. When you try to count them twice, you void any logical discussion and enter fairytax.org land.