[thecavemaster]

I did a little digging: three of the four economists I most trust suggest that the fair tax is actually regressive in the long term, actually favoring those at the highest end of the income spectrum (rate from 53 % down to 45.8%). Unless I read something different, I couldn't be for it. It is, utlimately, it appears to me, regressive. I will read some more, but it appears the reviews are mixed, the idea has been in Congress since 1999, is championed by Neil Boortz, and can't get out of committee.