[FewsOrange]

There are crane operators out there who know that if you buy $100 worth of clothes the 23% FairTax comes out of the $100. Nothing is added to the price. The clothes don't cost you $130 in total ... they cost you $100.

If you go into a store and see an item of clothing with a price label of $100 you will end up paying $130 under the Fair Tax system.

[groanup]

If you go into a store and see an item of clothing with a price label of $100 you will end up paying $130 under the Fair Tax system.

Generally you are correct. Your take home pay will also be higher so it offsets.

[fabian]

right, but at least the fairtax is more fair and won’t lead to any IRS confiscatory enforcements. And people can modify the tax they pay by what they decide to spend. We did without an income tax up until 1913 and the founders of our country never put an income tax in law for very good reason. It is outrageuos...the colonists were up in arms over much less taxation.