For those following the FairTax discussion, here's a rebuttal from the FairTax group of Bruce Bartlett's recent column "A National Sales Tax No Vote" which was highly critical of proposals like the FairTax (this is a link to a Word document; not a web page.) As I suspected, Bartlett missed some key features of the FairTax in his article. This document clears that up nicely.

Many thanks to James Baird for putting this together and getting it to me so quickly!