As always, I'd like a sales tax PROVIDED the income tax is first removed from the constitution.
Without that, we will end up with both...it would only be a matter of time.
The great benefit of the sales tax is the freedom that it would promote. There would be freedom to pay tax when one decides whether to buy or not, there would be the freedom from government meddling in family life, church life, and business life that comes with IRS & Congressional big-brotherism, and there would be the freedom from volumes of paperwork and requirements.
I would even pay a bit more for that.
"I would even pay a bit more for that. "
Actually you won't have to pay more since your effective tax rate will actually decline under the FairTax most likely. It will for most people and there's a way for you to find out. Here is the FairTax Rate Calculator which is anonymous and, if used with some thought will give you an accurate reading .. but remember - GIGO.
Removal of the income tax from the constitution is a two step process - first pass a tax law (such as the FairTax) that provides government revenue but does not require the income tax and then pass the bill to repeal the 16th amendment - and such a bill is before Congress now. Part of the language of the FairTax bill is a call for the repeal of the 16th amendment and the FairTax organization is quite serious about the repeal of the amendment.