You are absolutely correct, Ray!
FairTax has many benefits to We the People and the USA as a whole.
What FairTax also does is disempower the Inside the Evil Beltway crowd, and they are our enemy!
So, the way we get the FairTax into law is to elect Representatives and Senators and a President who run on the issue.
Senator Cruz is a co-sponsor of the FairTax in the US Senate. We need to support his candidacy and encourage him to speak forthrightly and enthusiastically about the FairTax!
Phasing out the income tax in favor of FairTax would save over 90% of the estimated US$ 1 TRILLION per year in compliance and economic opportunity costs of the current tax code--imagine freeing up over $900 billion per year for more productive purposes could do to the US economy....