All of us would bring home a lot more if the Fair Tax were ever enacted. You don't pay taxes until you buy something, which rewards frugal people. (And which means jerks who make money illegally - say, drug dealers - and jerks who put all their money in tax-free shelters STILL pay taxes when they buy their jets/boats/etc. to fund their lifestyle.)
See
http://www.thefairtax.org/PDF/Compar...alTaxRates.pdf