[Your Nightmare]

You mean 25% more than 0%?

Right. Nothing. You do realize that when you have 0% of something, you have nothing. So what is 25% more than nothing?

[Principled]

Just go back to the paper from which you selectively quoted. You know, the one that said that the fair tax would have to be 25% more than a situation with NO taxes. Except you left off the part about NO taxes - and said the rate would be 23 plus the 25 the paper "said"....trying to make FReepers think there was a reputable source indicating the rate would have to be 48%.

You were caught.