"The retailer has agreed voluntarily? "Since you won't read the bill you'll never know I guess, but that's covered in the bill.
Employee theft is quite a different thing from the retailer stealing the government's tax money which he has agreed in writing to collect and forward and be paid for so doing. Your link isn't meaningful in this context.
Are you trying to take the position that the retailers should not be subject to audit at all but left to go their own way??? Weren't you the poster recently arguing about how dishonest everyone was and how many would "evade" the FairTax (without specifying what "evade" meant or how they might do that or how common this would be)???
The question is, does the retailer have the option of not signing up to be a tax collector for the federal government and still maintain his legal right to operate his business? The point is the freedom FairTaxers promise, and the voluntary nature of their tax.
Anticipating that you will assert that he already collects taxes for the federal government when he forwards withholding for his employees - most likely he got into business with the full understanding that that condition was in place. The FairTax changes the rules and places a new burden on the retailer that wasn't initially agreed to. Further, he must agree to subject himself to increased scrutiny if he wishes to stay in business.
Employee theft is quite a different thing from the retailer stealing the government's tax money which he has agreed in writing to collect and forward and be paid for so doing.
Sure its a different thing, but how does the government PROVE what happened?
He has agreed, as a Libertarian would put it, at the point of a gun (IMHO, that's just a bit overstated).
Weren't you the poster recently arguing about how dishonest everyone was and how many would "evade" the FairTax (without specifying what "evade" meant or how they might do that or how common this would be)???
You misrepresent what I said, yet again. Isn't that indicative of a basically dishonest person?
Ways in which the FairTax might be evaded have been suggested. I am sure that if we were to have a brainstorming session on the subject, hundreds of ways would be identified in a very short time.
Again you dissemble but wish us to beleive you fairly represent the tax you support. How logical is that?
BTW, you still haven't answered my question: If the FairTax were to pass, would you buy your plasma TV before it takes effect, or wait so you could pay the added FairTax?