I agree, I think a sales tax is better, because people have control over it, and it’s 100% visible.
The main critisicm to this point though, has been on the sales tax portion.
Remember, it was a proposal. It’s not written in stone.
I think it’s better to try to educate people on how much more power they would have to control the NST than to just drop it in the face of the initial wave of opposition.
It’s way too early for that and the discussion that can be had on the NST, and why it’s transparency helps us limit government, is too important to shut off at this stage of the game.