The tax collection method is not the problem. We currently collect the maximum amount of taxes 19% GDP. You could adopt the Fair Tax, the Flat tax, the representative tax, progressive tax, even a VAT tax but the truth is, you will only collect upto about 19% of GDP in taxes.
The problem is SPENDING.
The Fair Tax does not stop Congress from borrowing money which is their Constitutional authority. Therefore, the idea that the Fair Tax will somehow “starve” congress is FALSE.
What is needed is a limit on spending.
Spending and ways and means of collecting taxes are two separate things, and the latter matters.
The current income tax system is largely hidden, and/or collected at the wellhead.
A national retail sales tax, conversely, would be visible, and collected only at the point of sale.
And the divide and conquer mechanisms of the current system would be gone. The protection racket would be dead. All Americans, finally, would be united in one self-interest: lowering the rate.
Which could only be accomplished by reducing spending.
Lets put in a US Constitution amendment. Thats what the States can do.
How about lets get rewrite the US Constitution. Time for a redo!