[jmyrlefuller]

If that were the case, the solution would neither be an income nor a sales tax, but a head tax: a tax on sheer existence.

[Mark was here]

If that were the case, the solution would neither be an income nor a sales tax, but a head tax: a tax on sheer existence.

Yep, and everyone would be charged the same amount. No more dividing and conquering the people, to get taxes raised that the other guy has to pay. We would all be equal under the law, and treated that way.