Equating the Fair Tax with Huckabee is like equating the national anthem with me. I didn’t write the music nor lyrics, but I am in favor of the national anthem.
There are several things I hope all Americans, except the complexity-lovers in Congress of course, can agree upon.
The current tax system is full of avoidance possibilities put there to salve one constituency or another. It is way too complicated, costs too much to enforce, can be used for strictly political purposes and gives Congress too much power to control the behavior of citizens. It is also in some aspects incomprehensible, even to experts. It and takes too much time and effort to pay and too much government time, effort, and money to modify, enforce, and print.
In short it is the worst and needs to be drastically changed. The Fair Tax deserves an earnest try.
