The “underground economy” arguments don’t move me an inch ... We abolish the IRS and put each states INDIVIDUAL revenue departments in charge of collecting the “FairTax” just as they NOW ARE with state sales taxes.. it’ll just be a larger cut... no change in needed manpower or expense to businesses, just a simple one time reprogram of their cash registers... Let the states retain a large percentage ,, say 75% in-state and only forward 25% to D.C. as an incentive to correctly collect the taxes...
I don’t disagree — it is just that the “underground economy — black market” argument is FRequently used by those who are opposed to the FairTax, sop the issue must be addressed.
Thank you. Finally, someone who understands Federalism.
I agree fully and would add this. Let the states decide when to withhold the money from the feds with a 60 vote majority and repeal the 17th amendment.