The FAIRtax Guys continue their journey through Boortz and Linder’s original FAIRtax book, published in 2005.

This week, they tackle a subject that escapes most people’s attention—the embedded costs of the income tax system that are passed on to consumers in the prices of everything we buy.  We never see them.  They’re not listed on any receipt, but they are there nonetheless.  In fact, a surprisingly high percentage of what we pay for both goods and services today ends up at the IRS.