Yesterday I called the FairTax “a political fantasy.” An email in response:

The real fantasy is that the tax code can be improved. We have tried making changes here and there before and it just keeps getting worse. That’s why we need to throw the whole thing out. Even if it takes a long time to get there.

The tax code just keeps getting worse? Would you prefer to live under the tax code of 1979? With no indexing for inflation, and a top rate of 70 percent? We have improved the tax code before, and I don’t see any reason it’s impossible to do it again.