Truckerman79
Sharpshooter
I would move to eliminate the pre-bate from the fair-tax and move to exclude essential items from sales tax. We currently do this already, with groceries, so I don't see why extending it to basic clothing needs would be any different and/or harder.
If you want to spend your poverty money on gucci bags, then you can pay the tax on it. No need for a pre-bate.
The problem with getting rid of the prebate is that the actual sales tax rate would have to be much higher. Illegal immigrants, foreigners, people here on work visas, anyone who is not a citizen will not get a prebate and will be paying the tax on everything, including the essentials. To exclude food an other items from the tax will erode the base.