Frankly I’ve never known a “socialist” who is staunchly pro-life, strongly pro-Second-Amendment, has signed a no-new-taxes pledge, and wants to abolish the IRS.
Nor have I.
The Fairtax is completely independent of being socialist. It is designed to be revenue neutral, so it does NOTHING to take money away from government. It’s billed to be progressive, with it’s poverty-level prebates and natural inclination to tax people who spend more money, so it doesn’t change the socialist aspect of our tax code.
He has said he wants government to interfere in my life. Whether he wants to spend money to do so or not I can’t say. Socialist may not be the right word. Nanny-stater is probably more accurate.