Fixing this is really very simple, and everyone from Hunter to Paul to Huckabee to Thompson knows it. So do the rest of the clowns, but they won’t risk the loss of power inherent in it.
Fair tax would be fine as long as Prebate check is replaced by a debit card that will pay the consumption tax as the transactions’ actually occur.
“....but they won’t risk...”
Howsa ‘bout WE THE PEOPLE continue to LET them use the income tax.....