In defense of the poster, did you read the article? It appears that in fact Herman is not clear in his article about the difference between a VAT, the Fair tax, and a national sales tax. What Herman appears to be suggesting in one of the nines in the 999 plan is in fact a national retail tax which he seems to deride in the article, despite it being part of the fair tax.
In that article he makes it very clear the difference between the fair tax and a VAT tax.
>> In defense of the poster, did you read the article? It appears that in fact Herman is not clear in his article about the difference between a VAT, the Fair tax, and a national sales tax. >>
I did read the article, and I’ve read the VAT tax he was opposing in the article, and I’ve read the FAIR TAX book. If you had read any or all of that, you would have understood it too.