[RobFromGa]

if the states don't ratify then the Fair Tax does not happen.

Wrong, please link to the provision in the bill where you think this happens. It isn't there.

There is the problem, it isn't one line! Withholding isn't one line, even the simplest 1040 isn't one line

The amount of total tax you owe each year is certainly shown on ONE LINE. On the regular 1040, it is line #63.

Right below your total income tax for the year on line #63, there is a line #64 where it totals all your withholding for the year. And below that on line #65 there is a total of all the estimated tax payments that you made through the year.

When you subtract what you have already paid from your total tax bill, you get the Amount due. But your total tax bill for the entire year is shown on Line #63.

compliance costs are billions of dollars per year

As a percentage of taxes collected (in the trillion plus range), compliance costs are very small amount. Most things that corporate accountants do are not done just for tax purposes, but to measure the financial health of the company for investors. The same for corporate income taxes. very low percentage of taxes collected. Don't want the rebate for tax on food, health care cost b/c it does something strange to your fragile psyche then don't take it

You didn't answer the question-- do you think having every American nam, woman and chilf receive a monthly check from the government whose amount is up the legislators will make Americans feel more or less dependent on government?

[socialismisinsidious]

Oh yeah, that line...the one that I couldn't get to until I answered all kinds of asinine, none of their freaking business, questions....Let's see their was schedule A and those 28 questions, and form 6251 and its 55 socialist questions, and form 8889 and its moronic questions, and form 8283 and its three parts and the additional dependents statement, and of course the worksheet for line 44 of the 1040 and the tax payments worksheet and the local tax deduction worksheet, the charitable contributions summary and the federal carryover worksheet (for my records of course)......I'm sorry there is nothing full of more BS than our income tax code. So don't give me crap about one stupid line. The amount of money and time it takes to get to your 'one line' is the real problem.

Corporations don't pay taxes. And again if a family doesn't want the rebate they don't have to take it. Families will feel less dependent on the government b/c they will know that they are getting their own money back...not hard to figure out that they paid taxes on food and they are getting that money back b/c making things exempt and loopholing just leads to the kind of mess, greasing of legislative paws that we have now.