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Home Article THE FAIRTAX.

THE FAIRTAX.

by Ezra Klein

January 7, 2008

5:28 PM

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It's almost too banal to argue at this point, but Huckabee's FairTax is a very bad idea that the candidate himself either does not understand or is constantly lying about. It is not progressive, it is not simple, and it is probably not enforceable.

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Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox.

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January 7, 2008

5:28 PM

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