"A combination of income and retail sales tax would be deadly."
Never a more true statement. If we get to reform the system, it should be much more visible. No more "witholding" and definately no "VAT" somewhere in the supply chain bloating consumer prices. The ones you can't see are always the most dangerous.
Ben Franklin had the right idea, lottery, who wouldn't spend a buck to win $400 billion , just like a 50/50, downsize is the poor would buy more tickets while the rich would pay and play for an advantage .