[leot]

Amazon doesn't lose money necessarily, it just becomes less competitive (especially with vendors that are have charge sales tax). Boohoo.

I had thought sales taxes were the darlings of the anti-tax crowd ... because, you know, they're so "fair".

[alanfalcon]

A straight, simple nation-wide sales tax with the proper exemptions and prebate system in place would go a long way towards making the tax code in the country reasonable and, yes, fair.

But to say that the mess of the current per-state sales tax system has any relation to the FairTax is nonsensical.

[slessard]

A nation-wide sales tax would be hazardous because it requires Congress to be involved in the restructuring. These are the same people responsible for the Internal Revenue Code and even after 90 years of experience, the Code fails to meet any normal standards for a simple, efficient, and effective tax on income.