The NRST is the way to go, morally, because it taxes consumption and not production.
The prebates aren’t that hard to understand, it’s just exempting the first X amount spent as assuming that this spending is what a poverty level person would by just to exist.
And the great thing about that is that the ‘rats can’t use the prebate system to exempt their constituents from taxes.
Regarding the prebates, how does the taxing entity keep track of the amount spent? Would we have to keep track of receipts or use a special number for each purchase? Just curious.