I want to have a tax plan that takes away as much regulatory power from gov’t bureaucracies as possible.
The tax code has been used throughout American history to regulate in areas where direct regulation would be unconstitutional. The courts have generally allowed tax regulation, the latest example being Roberts finding for Obamacare as a permisssible taxing function. There are plenty of other examples in history as well.
Freedom has to take precedence over tax plans that are designed to further social engineering goals, however praiseworthy (e.g., “stimulating investment”). Anyway, freedom is the best stimulus.
So I’d go for Huckabee’s national sales tax as the least regulatory as long as it’s kept simple.
A consumption tax is a nice idea but it would need a constitutional amendment repealing the 16th amendment to get me to support its implementation. I also sort of suspect you need an amendment to permit the federal government to impose such a tax.
I also have a moral aversion to impressing retailers in to government service as tax collectors.
I heard today that: the GOP will HAVE to raise taxes until revenues are up. To do otherwise is irresponsible.