Carter told Fox Business on Tuesday that people would “much rather have a consumption tax” when given a choice.
“You would actually get to see … what you’re actually earning every week in your paycheck,” Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (R-Ga.), another supporter of the bill, said this month.
On Tuesday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) appeared to respond to a question about whether he supported the Fair Tax Act by telling reporters, simply, “No.” Representatives for Carter and McCarthy did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday.
In an op-ed for the Atlantic this week, anti-tax conservative Grover Norquist criticized the reintroduction of the Fair Tax Act as “a free gift to Democrats” and warned the GOP against allowing a small minority of House Republicans to force a vote on it.
Norquist also expressed concern that such a national sales tax, and its accompanying monthly sales tax rebates for U.S. citizens, would essentially create a universal basic…
