HA, ha, ha! My sides are hurting from laughing at your naivete.
The feds will still have enforcement teeth with a NST.
You will bring back the IRS to enforce this?
Umm... Did I miss the "State Governments Steal The Federal Government Blind All The Time" segment of U.S. History in college? Where does your assertion that the revenues wouldn't end up in the right hands come from? Did your overwhelming cynicism tackle you and type that in while it held you down on the floor?