"First he says no federal income tax. Then next he calls it a National tax. What's the difference?"
Ummm ..... about 59,000 pages for starters ..... or a 99+% simplification. That translates into hundreds of billions of $$$ in compliance cost savings.
For another, we would no longer be putting US producers at a disadvantage vs. their foreign counterparts with our tax system. That would have a MAJOR impact on our trade deficit - without provoking a trade war, retaliation by trading partners, or WTO sanctions.
How is that for starters?
When I said federal, vs. national, I didn’t just mean the IRS. I agree the IRS is a major burden. I mean Government and Politicians. I don't trust those Politicians, do you? I'm not convinced that 23% would be the end. They will find a way to increase it. It's the nature of that beast