[alexander_busek]

The problem with a consumption tax is that when the economy tanks government revenues do too. Thus the very time that you need the government to step in and help people, government ends up in dire straits too.

You are framing the problem incorrectly.

The Constitution nowhere charges the Government with the duty to "help people."

And most people never really need the Government's dubious "help."

Regards,

[DannyTN]

I’m framing the problem with what the Founding Fathers actually did.

You’re framing it out of a desire to shirk your civic responsibilities. Such duties having been acknowledged in western culture since long before America was even discovered.