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A permanent tax holiday plan has been before Congress since 1999 and gaining momentum.

The fair tax idea is dead. For a few years anyway. The country has actually gone backwards in the last 2 elections cycles.

With democrats in control of both houses of congress and of the executive, it will be many years before the fair tax has any chance at all to even be discussed.

The fair tax is to democrats as sunshine is to vampires.

Before the fair tax has any chance at all, we need to regain control of congress with enough republicans and perhaps even a bunch of libertarians. And even when we regain control, we need to have super-majorities in order to get any significant programs passed, not to mention the fair tax.

[Man50D]

The fair tax idea is dead. For a few years anyway. The country has actually gone backwards in the last 2 elections cycles.
I don't know how you define "backwards" but The number of Fair Tax cosponsors has increased with each session fo Congress since The Fair Tax was first introduced in 1999.


With democrats in control of both houses of congress and of the executive, it will be many years before the fair tax has any chance at all to even be discussed.

Before the fair tax has any chance at all, we need to regain control of congress with enough republicans and perhaps even a bunch of libertarians. And even when we regain control, we need to have super-majorities in order to get any significant programs passed, not to mention the fair tax.

That would be true if The Fair Tax was a partisan issue. Fair Tax has been and will continue to be presented as a non partisan issue. There has already been discussion with the Obama camp. You're statements also presumes the power lies with Congress critters. That is precisely what they want people to think. The fact is the power lies with the people as our founding fathers intended when they wrote the Constitution. The 76 Fair Tax cosponsors didn't sign on out of altruism. They did so due to increased pressure form their constituents.