[The_Reader_David]

Only if the VAT-enabling legislation triggers the VAT only upon ratification of a Constitutional Amendment repealing the 16th Amendment would a VAT as part of tax reform be acceptable.

In that context, I think I’d be all for it. Otherwise, not just no, H*LL NO!

[KarlInOhio]

Add on a Constitutional requirement that everything must be charged the same VAT. No BS where oranges and lemons have different tax rates because the orange producers were more "generous" to Congress.

Dump social engineering from the tax code.