The author is HALF right, but does not take the logic to its just conclusion.
Repeal ALL income taxes and go to the consumption tax, the FAIR TAX and be rid of the failures of Keynesian economics once and for all.
Almost 10 trillion dollars is being spent by corporations OUTSIDE the US Tax system, end it all and those dollars come home the next day!!!!
The US does not have a tax problem - we have a spending problem. Changing the source of our "income" will do little or nothing to solve our reliance on Debt to cover our expenditures.
We currently spend 50% more than we earn , and we have been spending more than we earn every year for (at least) the past 30 years.