So Neal Boortz and John Linder’s book will debut as the #1 non-fiction book on the New York Times best seller list. That’s pretty impressive and a testament to the hard work done by Linder, Boortz and others.

However, there is a danger from all this publicity. K-Street hates this bill because they would lose their ability manipulate the tax code for their clients. Democratic operatives don’t like the bill because they lose their ability to use “soak the rich” rhetoric.

But the tremendous outpouring of popular support for the FairTax means that Congress won’t be able to sweep this under the rug in committee. So they will have to defeat this bill via other means.

Expect to see Congress-Critters come out in support of the concept but not the bill. K-Street will develop their own FairTax, one that lobbyists and their Congressional lapdogs can tweak for the benefit of their clients. Class Warfare leftists will demand that “luxury items” get taxed at a higher rate than “necessities”. Expect to see corporate taxes added back into their bill. The prebate, which the Linder FairTax says every American gets, will become income based - only those who make below a certain amount will get the prebate.

The status-quo interests will soon realize they can’t stop the FairTax - so instead they will subvert it, and I think they will win.