Show me the math how much revenue the "value added" tax generates....The "fair tax" is a spectacular plan.
It will never be enacted by Congress because Congress will never give up the carrot and stick power that regulating taxation gives them.
Leftists will never like it because it doesn't punish success.
Anyone center, right of center or just open minded that simply dismisses it hasn't spent any time understanding it.
Hint: it needs to cover $7.3T in spending. So with a $7T GDP the new consumption tax rate would need to be close to 100%, or DOUBLE the price of everything. Total nonsense. No one would be able to afford anything.