For example getting rid of the income tax is a noble goal and I would not find issue with it, but it begs the question, what do we replace it with? Even if we reduce the government down in a reasonable fashion, there are still a minimum amount of services it must provide, services delineated by the founders plus a few that have come along due to the changes in technology or society such as the FAA, the CDC and the transportation department.
So how do we pay for it, if we do away the income tax? It will have to be fair and equitable, for "I didn't ask for the roads" is not an answer because none of us live in a vacuum, so unless you are talented, have a massive manufacturing and agricultural capacity and large deposits of a full away of natural resources in your back yard, that car, those appliances and other items you use got to you somehow, so we are all in that together. The Military and other services are the same.
Personally I don't see any way to proportion the tax burden fairly on anything but income so I am for a flat tax as either an interim plan or permanent solution. Other ideas such as the fair tax, VAT and such have too may societal issues that have not been taken into account.
The Fed can go, but again reckless non planning will create a far worse problem. We have to wean ourselves and the world off of central banking for it to truly work. There are some minor things the fed does that could be passed off to another department or new organiztion.
So again, it is solutions that are important. Otherwise it is all a theoretical exercise that will produce disastrous results, if the people even back it. Remember we are not a conservative dictatorship, we cannot wholesale do whatever we want, nor should we.
So would you be in support of Dr. Paul’s plan of going back to the Gold Standard?
Something else though: if you truly believe Dr. Paul is wrong on taxes and the Fed, could you watch some of his videos explaining how the Fed is a privately-owned bank and unconstitutional? I for one would love to at least see the Fed abolished as well as income tax. This nation didn’t have an income tax until 1913 when the free market was thrown out the window and replaced with gov. control and we prospered the most before that.