Gravel says that a feature called the "prebate" -- a tax reimbursement "on the essentials of life (food, shelter, clothing, medicine)" -- would keep his consumption tax (a/k/a the "Fair Tax") from being regressive. Is this just smoke and mirrors?
See <http://www.gravel2008.us/?q=fair_tax>
Carl
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