As much as I like the idea of ending the IRS's rein of tyranny over John Q. Taxpayer with the adoption of a consumption tax it'll never, ever happen. There simply is NO WAY the political elite are going to give up their single greatest power over the masses. A million people could picket on Capital Hill and absolutely nothing is going to happen. Mark my words. The point is moot.
"As much as I like the idea of ending the IRS's rein of tyranny over John Q. Taxpayer with the adoption of a consumption tax it'll never, ever happen. There simply is NO WAY the political elite are going to give up their single greatest power over the masses. A million people could picket on Capital Hill and absolutely nothing is going to happen. Mark my words. The point is moot."
“I discussed the importance of abolishing the income tax because of its tendency to form a habit of servility in the souls of a people that accept it. Servility of soul is bad not only in itself, it is also an open door through which will soon walk the abuses of ambitious government power. Leaders who find themselves with governmental power over a servile people will be quick to conclude that such a people exist to serve them.”
Alan Keyes “The Power of the Purse”, WorldNet Daily, August 27,1999