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The path that the founders of this country put in place, that worked well until the socialist takeover during WW I. They taxed imported manufactured goods. It would work even better today.

If you want fact, it was the exploitation the dissatisfaction of the average American citizen with high tariffs on consumer goods at the end of the 19th century that lead directly to the ratification of the 16th amendment and the modern income tax:

I refer you to:

http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj1n1/cj1n1-10.pdf

THE RATIFICATION OF THE FEDERAL
INCOME TAX AMENDMENT
John Bruenker; Professor of History at the University of wisconsin— Parkside
CatoJournal, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 1981), Copyright ©Cato Institute.
Prepared for the Cato Institute’s symposium “Taxation and Society,”
held at the University of Chicago in April 1980.

But you are welcome to go on believing in fantasy, and repeat history if you choose to.

"If you want fact, it was the exploitation the dissatisfaction of the average American citizen with high tariffs on consumer goods at the end of the 19th century that lead directly to the ratification of the 16th amendment and the modern income tax"

And if they saw what would be coming, they never would have gone for it. It was exactly the same 'foot in the door' technique that is the subject of this thread.

People love false panaceas, especially "something for nothing," and it takes little to stir up ignorant, blind distrust.

The fantasy is your own.