“Well Huckabuck I have a question for you how many DRUG DEALERS, PROSTITUTES, AND PIMPS do you know who report their income?”
And that’s exactly his point. They don’t report their incomes so we see no tax on their activities. But under the fair tax, they will pay taxes every time they purchase something with their “hard-earned” labors. Bag of chips, pay the tax; new house, pay the tax; Alaskan cruise, pay the tax.
I haven’t made up my mind on the fair tax yet, but your criticism doesn’t apply, at least as far as their INCOME goes. On the other hand, technically the drug dealer is supposed to charge the fair tax too, and send it in to the government. That’s going to be a bit of a challenge, I suspect.
You seem to have forgotten your man Huckleberry will be rewarding them with poverty level tax rebates. Duh.
His point was that those below the poverty line will get a rebate under Hickabee’s plan so all those drug dealers buying their potato chips and wide screen TV’s and not reporting any income will qualify for a Hickabee rebate on the sales tax they paid.
(If you still need help with the concept, please ask for more details.)