[Principled]

Under BOTH system, the hooker illegally pockets roughly the same amount on this transaction. This isn't rocket science. From the criminal perspective, there is no significant difference between the two systems on this transaction. Really.

Really, if you include the bold, this is what everyone is already saying. Why can't you get beyond that? We all agree on that.

The next thing for you to do is to compare what happens to her earnings next under both systems. Under the income tax, those earnings are never taxed. Under the nrst, those earnings WILL be taxed.

So under the income tax, the hooker pays zero. Under the nrst, the hooker pays some when she consumes using that illegal money.

So it is trivial that the nrst collects more from this hooker than the income tax. QED #3

[lewislynn]

The next thing for you to do is to compare what happens to her earnings next under both systems. Under the income tax, those earnings are never taxed. Under the nrst, those earnings WILL be taxed.

Selective memory?

Under the current system the John pays her with his after tax income...her income is tax free....The government collects from the John

Under the Fairtax the John pays with his prebate money...The government collects the tax from the prebate when the hooker spends it...

Then the hooker also gets a prebate to offset the tax s/he paid. How convenient that you didn't remember the prebate.