Yknow, I’ve been thinking about this.
It’s time for a new class of politicians. Those that don’t LIKE Washington DC. How to get there, though?
Then I think about the FairTax. Should we get the FairTax implemented, the Government’s income would be dictated by the people spending their own money, their own way, thus paying taxes in the process. This would give Legislature-dwellers the incentive to IMPROVE the business climate, and the consumption climate, to improve their tax income.
So, why not start giving bonuses to those that get the most onerous roadblocks to business removed? Have all politicians work for nothing, and when they remove some obstacle, they get paid a percentage of taxpayer dollars saved.
Just thinking out loud.
VAT is applied to some classes of goods and not others (e.g. food, and “children’s clothes” - which means you are lucky if you wear small sizes) and the rate is varied up and (rarely) down at the government’s whim.
The government can still rig the system, and in some ways it is easier for them to do so.
I think you are on the right track by honing in on taxes. When those leeches in DC figured out how to tax and withhold, it was the beginning of the end for the electorate’s say over their own lives. The current bunch is the most arrogant and dismissive yet. Pelosi is right out of a bad dream.