[robertpaulsen]

"where the FairTax critic said that poor people would have to report their income to the federal government every month. Where do they come up with this complete nonsense?"

Ummmmm, from the Fair Tax website?

"... Social Security [will] operate exactly as it does today, …Employers will continue to report wages for each employee…."

This is to determine an individual’s Social Security benefits -- which is based on their income.

[Turret Gunner A20]

Do you know the difference between poor people and Employers?

Maybe you should follow the advice of the first 11 words of post # 6.