Your question is pre-textual and misleading. "Why do I want to 'punish' people who a have already saved?"
That makes the assumption that: A: they will be punished and B: that I want to punish them. Both points have to be proven before we can even address your ridiculous question.
I'll just ask you at exactly what point did you stop stealing from the collection plate? Same thing.
robfromga to groanup: "I've said on this very thread that prices would go up about 18-25%, and explained why. And I've said that dollars saved after-tax would therefore see a deflation in value of the same amount. Do you dispute that this would happen under the FairTax at least initially?"