Yep, it's one big jumble of scrambled brains. Have your read the letter at the top of this thread which I wrote about a week ago? In that letter there are a number of quotes from the book where Boortz/Linder state that this is basically a free lunch plan for the poor and middle class. There cannot be full take-home pay and all prices remain the same on average-- it is impossible. I asked Jorgenson himself and he agreed that he assumed take home pay would remain constant and the employer would retain what is now being paid in taxes. If course the reason I asked him the question is because that is the only way that the FairTax math can work out.
you and pigdog are in a contest to see who is the last to acknowledge this point.
Note that none of us are saying that there is any way in hell that the employers will actually BE ABLE TO DO THIS, we are jsut saying that the FairTax math assumes that they will somehow get the $20 an hour electrician to accept $15 an hour that he is currently taking home, and trust us the prices won't go up. (except foreign goods that'll go up 30% and partially foreign goods like gas that'll go up 10-20%)
At this point, Robbie, that's merely still your assumption ... your opinion ... of the point you're asking to be acknowledged. I wouldn't be so quick to judge that if I were you.
As time goes on, we'll see.