[Bigun]

The potential for abuse is far greater on the consumption end than on the income end.

Huh??? You must be joking here William. You cannot really believe that to be true.

We currently have a rogue agency of the government (IRS) with the ability to destroy anyone it chooses at a whim and seek to replace it with nothing! The government would no longer have need to know even so much as one's NAME for tax collection purposes!

[RobFromGa]

We currently have a rogue agency of the government (IRS) with the ability to destroy anyone it chooses at a whim and seek to replace it with nothing!

The Happy Tax Collection centers will be every bit as burdensome on our eceonomy as they go after the inevitable black market. Businesses will be esp. hard hit as they document and prove and ask for rebates for all their legitimate business expenses.

There is no way that a 30% tax will be collected without stern and unforgiving compliance agents.

[Your Nightmare]

We currently have a rogue agency of the government (IRS) with the ability to destroy anyone it chooses at a whim

Pure hyperbole.

[tpaine]

WT:
The potential for abuse is far greater on the consumption end than on the income end.

Bigun:
Huh??? You must be joking here William. You cannot really believe that to be true.
We currently have a rogue agency of the government (IRS) with the ability to destroy anyone it chooses at a whim

Quite true. The IRS wields unconstitutional powers, -- badly.

and seek to replace it with nothing!

The IRS/income tax must be repealed.

The government would no longer have need to know even so much as one's NAME for tax collection purposes!

A point of the fairtax idea totally ignored by its opponents.
NO one could be forced to register for either the prebate or social security purposes. Those who wished could make a 'moral point' by refusing to sign up.

[William Terrell]

You should dampen your overwhelming desire for the NRST to be what you want it to be, and think about exactly how it will be administered, and what your options would be if it were raised to confiscatory levels.