And, therein lies the real crux of this issue, the meat of the problem...Tax reform without Spending reform is a ridiculous ‘fix’. At the same time we force the funding solution to a consumption basis, we need to force the government to return to consitutionally mandated limitations that will serve to cut hundreds of billions of dollars out of the Federal budget...
For example, there is no constitutional authority for the Department of Education, Federal Healthcare services, etc. And, the Fair Tax eliminates the IRS (more billions saved).
I agree completely that spending needs to be reigned in. All I’m saying is that the Fair Tax is very focused on the revenue side... that’s all it is intended to do (which is still quite a lot).