That’s the NRST.
With the NRST, the citizen is in charge of how much he pays in taxes by his consumption choices.
With the present system, with its unequal application due to special exemptions and deductions, the politicians have the power.
They aren’t going to give this up easily.
They control the masses through the purse. If they want us to buy houses, they cut us slack. If they want us to stop, they make them unaffordable. That's not liberty. They're deciding for us. A consumer tax - the ONLY tax - would leave the choices to us.