Seven should be six.
I like your ambition, but there are literally millions of Americans earning a salary that deals with circumventing or working with the tax code, from accountants or accounting firms, to lawyers and law firms, to bank trustees, not to mention federal and state workers. Unfortunately, you can “grass roots” your ass off and I don’t think you’ll ever get Congress to agree with the stroke of a pen to do away with all their jobs. Congressmen will never agree to fire people who elect them and that is what a fair tax would do.
There is a big difference at being able to block something that because of the ridiculous senate rules needs 60 votes, and actually implementing affirmative legislation like the fair tax. The procedural rules in the senate allow a minority to defeat the will of the majority. Probably the most ridiculous senate rule is where a single senator can put an indefinite hold on an appointment made by the executive branch. It’s beyond insane. Until we get rid of most of the ass monkeys currently residing in the senate don’t expect any progress on the fair tax. Don’t get me wrong — I would love to see the fair tax implemented. Thanks for the link about the 6 republican candidates - I stand corrected.