What's cool about this is its economic, not political at all. It's got supporters and detractors on both sides of the aisle.
The Fairtax rules. Everyone gets a monthly prebate check and you get ALL of the money from your salary (no witholdings). It's a no-brainer, but the cowards who run this country can't fathom a system that actually works and kills the biggest reason for lobbyists to exist (tax breaks).
Poor people make out like bandits... Rich people can't avoid taxes for yachts, boats, etc... Drug dealers (cash businesses) pay taxes for the first time ever cause they can't avoid them when they buy their Ford Escalades. 20 million illegal aliens paid under the table pay taxes.
And no one pays taxes on anything that's not brand new, so that used car doesn't cost you a dime extra. No taxes on services.
Add to that the fact that without corporate taxes (which are embedded into the very things we purchase) everything will drop down to very nearly even out the price added by the taxes.
The only arguments I've heard fall into two categories:
1 - "It'll never happen" (yeah, not with optimists like YOU calling the shots)
2 - Bad info that twists what the Fairtax does. People who simply haven't read the plan and don't understand it.
Everyone fixates on the 23% tax rate, but they forget that they KEEP all their earnings (no witholdings) and they get a monthly prebate check that is equivalent to those at the poverty level not paying a dime in taxes. The system is easy to implement cause most states already have a state sales tax. It's the same system.
Everyone should read the Fairtax plan... and then call their representatives immediately and tell them to get on board.
My $0.02
