All is fair in love and war, and by fair we specifically mean the 23 percent national sales tax known as the Fair Tax.
If you recall, the proposal, which would get rid of federal income, payroll and estate taxes and replace them with a 23 percent tax on all things bought and sold, reared its head earlier this year after Speaker Kevin McCarthy promised GOP renegades a committee vote on the idea — much to the chagrin of mainstream fiscal conservatives who see the Fair Tax as a major political liability for Republicans.
Now former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are trading jabs over their past support for the tax.
