[ThinkDifferent]

But I believe that this proposal only taxes big ticket items above $500, so as to "tax the wealthy".

Not true at all. See fairtax.org for details.

[narby]

Well, I'll look at it.

But being as how the US is the most successful economy on the planet, and we've been saddled by this income tax for decades, I'll have to be seriously convinced that somehow this is "better" before I'll support it.

The fact that it's "progressive", is enough to make me skeptical already.