As we all know, President Bush received a 'mandate' in the last election to revamp the federal tax code.  To see how the marketing for the proposed national sales tax will work, one only needs to go to http://www.fairtax.org, where the "Fair Tax" is being laid out.

Quote: "The current Federal income tax system is broken. Patching up the existing code is pointless. It's time for a fresh approach, a fair approach. It's time for the FairTax.

Simply put, the FairTax replaces the way we're currently taxed - based on our annual income - with a tax on goods and services. The FairTax is a voluntary "consumption" tax: the more you buy, the more you pay in taxes, the less you buy, the less you pay in taxes.
It's simple.

Everyone pays their fair share of taxes, and with the FairTax rebate, spending up to the poverty level is tax free. The Federal government is fully funded, including Social Security and Medicare, and you don't need an expert to determine your Federal taxes.

It's simple."

Quite simple.  

The following is excerpted from a commentary by Frank Pastore, Former major league pitcher. Frank Pastore is the afternoon host on the Christian talk-radio station KKLA, 99.5 FM. in the LA Times (http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-oe-pastore5nov05,1,3571329.story?coll=la-news-elect2004 ):