“Two of the Progressives’ great victories were the federal income tax and the Federal Reserve. Both need to go. The tricky part is what to replace them with.”
Perhaps replacing them is the wrong mindset. Progressives use that mindset to their advantage - for it puts the burden of proof on us to justify ridding ourselves of corrupt policies.
To pick an extreme example, let’s imagine that slavery was still a legally protected institution, and was deeply embedded into all aspects of our economy.
Should the burden of proof be on those opposed to slavery to explain how slave owners will survive in a post slavery economy? Or is it enough to simply oppose it on the basis that it is immoral?
I think it is the same with the federal income tax, and the federal reserve. If it is immoral for the federal government to plunder American citizens via income tax and fiat currency, then it must be stopped. Period.
How progressives deal with the lack of plunder is their problem, not ours. They are the vicious pirates, we are the innocent merchants. We don’t have to come up with a “revenue nuetral” plan for them, or explain how they will come out whole in a post piracy world.
Important thing is for a national realization that these abominations have to go. Follow-on solutions are already out there.