Neal has a real problem with this. I agree. The idiot is about to screw up the concept which is absolutely viable. He is such an ego head that he can't see his idiotic mistake. I have been listening to him since about 1972 and this is his albatross. He has always been a talk-show host which I consider a lowly profession. Personally, I don't think experts are experts and that is why I give Neal a big banana for the book, but he made a major gaffe in the book and his stupid explanation is close to jeopardizing the whole thing. I agree that the book has garnered the attention of a lot of Pols but if he doesn't address the big gorilla in the middle of the room he has lost all credibility and he will go out like Dan Rather.
This concept has always been too important to leave up to a minor prophet like a talk show host but I have to give the guy credit, he probably created more dialogue about the subject than we have here on FR.
... but he made a major gaffe in the book and his stupid explanation is close to jeopardizing the whole thing. Yes, he did. But without that gaffe, there would be no book.
And let's hope this is the stake in the heart of the FAIRTAX vampire and we can finally get back to fixing the federal budget and reducing the size of government. And then abolishing the IRS.