But that still leaves all of the definitional mischief for Congress such as "what is income - what are deductions from income - who gets exemptions - etc.".
In other words, it's still an income tax with a ploice force to crack down of ordinary citizens who are guily until they prove their innocence. That's greatly backwards.
"In other words, it's still an income tax with a ploice force to crack down of ordinary citizens who are guily until they prove their innocence. That's greatly backwards."
Of course it's backwards, I'm not defending the current system. But will it be any better under NRST when you have to save all your receipts to prove the tax was paid?