No semantics, just the honest and complete truth. All goods and services used at the consumer (retail) level are taxed, exactly once and at exactly the same rate under the NRST. Do not confuse the resale of previously taxed items (which are not taxed a second time) with the idea of exempting certain items from the tax.
You still haven't bothered to respond to the four ways I pointed out in my #40 that the NRST's FCA differs from special taxes on certain items. Who's the one playing semantics here?
You start with ALL goods and services are taxed and then you provide exemptions for certain purchases and for certain income levels. You claim this is only one tax while another tax that does essentially the same thing only with a different methodolgy two taxes. Please.