I've thought the Fair Tax is the way to go for a very long time. It has some finer points that need ironing out, but it would be a great plan.
IF anyone could get the DUmmies to realize there is FREE money there in the form of the pre-bates, and get them to stop listening to their masters who tell them nothing other than "It's a 23% SALES TAX!!!!" you might get some of them onboard.
The thing to get more behind it is getting them to see nothing but the pre-bates. FREE money ...
KC
I've considered such things, and conclude that i'd support a consumption tax, but only with the following qualifiers:
It eliminates all other federal tax
It applies to retail non-food purchases only
Used goods go untaxed
Guns and ammo are 100 percent exempt
That it be written into law that rates take a supermajority of both the house and senate to raise, and a bare majority in both houses to lower.
Insert other 'deck stacking' against govermnent and big corporate, and in favor of mainstreet here