An individual’s full tax burden is collected from purchases under the nrst. Income and its reporting are irrelevant.
Only part of an individual’s tax burden is collected from purchases under the income tax. Hence [read slowly], individuals who do not report income and do not pay tax on income are paying less than their full share.
Duh.
If someone who now pays only part of his taxes begins paying his full amount, he’ll be paying more. You say otherwise. That’s just dumb.
Really?
Principled wrote:
An individual’s full tax burden is collected from purchases under the nrst. Income and its reporting are irrelevant.
So, let me ask you this. Let's pretend again that the FairTax is law of the land. I'm a merchant (and not a supporter of the FairTax). I pay the FairTax on all my groceries, my gas, everything I buy.
However, becuase I don't agree with the FairTax, I don't collect it on things I sell in my store. I don't report my sales every month or remit any FairTax on my sales. I seem to get a lot of business now, because my prices are lower than my competitors who collect the FairTax.
Is it your position that I'm still paying my full share?