"I don't have any real argument against NRST, as long as congress is prohibited from changing the tax levels, willy-nilly, whenever they feel like it..
There has to be harsh constraints on any new tax system to curb abuse by congress, and government in general.."
-- If you don't have any argumetns against it, why don't you support it? it's a truly superior system/ Go to http://www.fairtax.org
I prefer the NRST as it means that everyone has to pay taxes. Criminals (drug dealers and the like) usually do not fill out a tax form and pay taxes as they can't explain the source of their income.
With the NRST even criminals have to pay.... I like it !