[scubadan]

The problem with any income tax is that the cost of government is enbedded into the product/service. This adds a significant increase to the cost of goods and services products in the USA making our products more expensive. At sales tax eliminates that.

How much does the IRS cost to operate? How much would a new NRST "compliance" agency cost to operate? The difference, if any, would be the only reduction in government spending. How much would this "difference" save on the cost of a product or service? These are the only "savings" we could see from a NSRT.

[jpsb]

The cost of government would stay the same, but diferent people (consumers) would now be paying for the cost of govenment. Right now producers pay for the cost of government and the US is getting it butt kicked all over the world because it taxes production and enbeds that tax into every product and service.

We have huge comsumption in the USA and falling production. That needs to change and taxing consumption is a fine start. It also will tends to spread the pain of paying for government to people the people that drive up the cost of government but NEVER paid for government (non-producers) so I think it is fairer that an income tax.