Orangedog, do you seriously think an underground economy does not currently exist? One that has as it’s goal the avoidance of income taxes? Really?
What about the whole illegal drug market? The billions of dollars in income go untaxed. At least under the FairTax, those dollars would be more likely to be counted and would contribute to the tax pool. Even drug pushers buy groceries, clothes, and appliances. Even drug kingpins buy cars, furniture, houses, and on and on and on.
That’s just one example.
I think you’re exaggerating the outcome. The IRS would NOT be needed in the FairTax model because the tax collection and distribution would happen at the state level, which is already established to handle and manage a consumption tax model.
Normally I would be happy to let the fairness taxers and con/conners have their plans blow up horribly in their faces, but those fools will be taking me and mine to hell with them in the process so I'll be calling them out for the idiots they are whenever I can.