For law abiding people there is no avoiding taxes, whether the FairTax or any other tax.
There are more opportunities under the ‘Income’ tax to commit tax evasion.
The FairTax has to concentrate on only about 3000 retailers. The ‘Income’ tax has to monitor 200+ million individuals.
Anyone can see that it is easier to enforce the FairTax on 3000 retailers than it is the ‘Income’ tax under 200+ million individuals.
Try selling a new home without paying the NRST under a FairTax. It is the same as selling a car without paying state sales tax. When the new owner is registered, the property or state office is going to require the tax be paid. It’s as simple as that. The consequences are jail for not paying. Ask any new car dealer.
Give it up, you have a weak argument. And you still haven’t backed up your previous absurd claim so you have no credibility.
When you are man enough to concede your previous claim can’t be backed up, then we will talk.
When it comes to saving 30%, people tend not being so law abiding. It will become common to have businesses make personal purchases so they will be taxfree. That is done today, but will be a more popular when people can see the immediate savings. Currently many of the taxes are embedded and can not be removed and the savings to most people is not as great.
Every transaction will have to be tracked to ensure tax compliance, not just those of 3000 retailers. That is a fairytale.