Original sentence: Although partially true, the FairTax proposal would apply a full tax burden to existing savings.FairTax supporters claim that the current system is no different; due to taxes embedded in the current prices of goods and services, savings are being taxed twice already when spent.However, money in after tax savings has already had the payroll tax burden paid, and that the remaining embedded tax portion should be the only tax burden applied to this money as it is spent.The FairTax proposal does not address this inequity
Edited sentence: Critics argue that this is an inequity in the Fair Tax, but it would actually be an after-effect of the prior system, rather than a feature of the Fair Tax itself.Fair Tax would thus be no worse than the current system of taxation in its effect on retirees.FairTax supporters point out that the current system is no differen: due to hidden taxes embedded in the current prices of goods and services, savings are being taxed twice already when spent.Since payroll tax would disappear, retirement savings under Fair Tax would only be taxed after retirement, once withdrawn and spent