"Yes, the FairTax is fair, and in fact, much fairer than the income tax. Wealthy people spend more money than other individuals. They buy expensive cars, big houses, and yachts. They buy filet mignon instead of hamburger, fine wine instead of beer, designer dresses and expensive jewelry. The FairTax taxes them on these purchases. If, however, they use their money to build job-creating factories, finance research and development to create new products, or fund charitable activities (all of which help improve the standard of living of others), then those activities are not taxed."

Or even ready-made answers to why food and medical expenses, unavoidable expenses that take up a greater proportion of income for lower and middle class families, are free to be taxed at 23%:

"Exempting items by category is neither fair nor simple. Respected economists have shown that the wealthy spend much more on unprepared food, clothing, housing, and medical care than do the poor. Exempting these goods, as many state sales taxes do, actually gives the wealthy a disproportionate benefit. Also, today these purchases are not exempted from federal taxation. The purchase of food, clothing, and medical services is made from after income tax and after payroll tax dollars, while their purchase price hides the cost of corporate taxes and private sector compliance costs.

Finally, exempting one product or service, but not another, opens the door to the army of lobbyists and special interest groups that plague and distort our taxation system today. Those who have the money will send their lobbyists to Washington to obtain special tax breaks in their own self-interest. This process causes unfair and inefficient distortions in our economy and must be stopped."

But what is most worrisome is the phrase "Fair Tax."  Who could be against the "Fair Tax"?  Why are you pro-"Unfair Tax"?  

Years ago the Republican Party won a major battle by rebranding the Estate Tax to be the "Death Tax."  We need to work together, and quickly, to find a way to rebrand the "Fair Tax" quickly before it can possibly become part of the political lexicon.

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