Honzo August 22nd, 2005

In order to be revenue-neutral, the Fair Tax rate would have to be:

1. 22.9% - The Economic Impact of the National Retail Sales Tax, Dale W. Jorgenson (Harvard)
2. 23.1% Letter to Americans For Fair Taxation, April 4, 1997 - Jim Poterba (MIT)
3. 24.0% Replacing the U.S. Federal Tax System with a Retail Sales Tax – Macroeconomics and Distributional Impacts - Laurence Kotlikoff (Boston University)

Source: Rebuttal of the September 2004 Committee on Ways and Means minority staff report on the FairTax (Link to PDF)

I do not have links to the actual studies, I will look for them. If
anyone is able to find them , please let me know, I would like to look
at them.

What am I talking about? Fair What? Go and read the Fair Tax Sketch Fair Tax Sketch and Dave’s problem’s with it ^{1 2}.

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