[outdriving]

"The choices are

Keep the status quo and continue with our graduated income tax
Eliminate the income tax and implement a flat income tax (although this option has negligible support)
Eliminate the income tax and implement a national sales tax

There are no other options. We are going to have taxes. The only choice is deciding the best way to have them"

There are plenty of other choices.

I prefer the choice of our founders: Finance the Federal government through trade tariffs.

[Principled]

There are plenty of other choices.

There are only three choices in bill form. If there is a bill, or even a group working on your idea, i don't know of them.

IIRC it was tarrifs and excises that the founders preferred.

[Smokin' Joe]

Finance the Federal government through trade tariffs.

Yep. Put a $5.00 tariff on a bbl of imported oil and we could solve a couple of problems at once. Develop our own resources and alternatives, and balance the budget.