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Although the plan has merit, it will not be the net that drags in revenue for all of the tax cheats out there.

Remember: The system is based upon WHAT YOU TELL THE GOVERNMENT what your income was. If you don’t tell them, they won’t know. Whores, criminals, drug dealers, illegals and a whole host of parasites upon the honest tax-paying citizens simply are invisible to the tax system.

The only fair tax is a tax based upon consumption. Every state has one and it’s called a sales tax. EVERYONE pays it when they purchase something. Resellers, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and a host of other businesses that make or sell products already collect that tax for the state.

Better yet, the taxing agencies ARE ALREADY IN PLACE in each state’s tax collection system. It can be done overnight!

No.....that ain’t gonna happen because it would put millions of people whose jobs exist due to the outrageous and complicated tax system we now have.

Individuals would be free of all record keeping requirements and better yet, would finally be back under the protection granted under the Constitution of “self-incrimination” demanded by the laws of our Internal Revenue Service.......”you are guilty until you prove yourself innocent.” Along with that you don’t have to disclose information under duress as the IRS now does.

“The only fair tax is a tax based upon consumption. Every state has one and it’s called a sales tax.”

The founding fathers understood this principle. This is one reason the federal government was funded with tariffs and duties until the Constitution was amended in 1913 (16th Amendment) to allow an income tax. Not only is a tariff a consumption tax, it is a tax on foreign factories desiring to do business in the US market. It can be considered an access fee for doing business in the US.

Lowering income tax rates is good economic policy. Lowering rates further, and raising tariffs, would be even better economic policy.