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You most certainly did say that the average taxpayer would see his tax bill cut by more than half:

Even at the present 23% ti rate, the average (middle CBO quintile; married, 2 kids) taxpayer who has an effective income tax rate of 12.5% ($6488 in income tax paid) will have an effective FairTax rate of 7.82% ($3,128 in FairTax paid). So, you see, the actual tax rate paid (the effective rate) is much, much lower that those repeatedly put forth by opponents.

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The effective tax rate for the mid quintile guy married with 2 kids will be about 7.82% (tax paid $3,128) under the FairTax while it was 12.5% ($6,488) under the income tax ... can you tell us which is better for the taxpayer???

You've failed to show any valid post of mine that states your claimed "50%" for "the average taxpayer" so you might as well admit it.

The post you're quoting from was:

"Actually the effective FairTax rate - the rate people actually pay - for most taxpayers will be considerably less than even the 23% ti rate presently in the bill (which may be reduced by the time of passage of the bill anyway to 19% or so)."

And that is an example for a particular average taxpayer with a specific income tax rate and a specific effective FairTax rate - and not any sort of a generalization (as you try to pretend) into a statement that I've said (as you claim) such about all taxpayers or taxpayers in general.

You have missed the fact very clear in the post at issue that the data is for A particular taxpayer and not the average taxpayer as you've stated in your misrepresentations in several of your above posts. I'll not allow you to put words in my mouth merely because you don't understand what was said.