I hear that. But a rose by any other name. Whether there is an income tax or a sales tax there will a tax collection agency and they'll go after people or businesses that don't pay. Like everyone who lives near the Canadian border that is gonna "smuggle" goods across.
They could have renamed the KGB the "Fuzzy Bunny Peace Patrol" and it still would have been the KGB. ;d
Not only would a sales tax be less intrusive, it would stimulate the economy. We have the most absurd taxing system on earth. I’m glad it hasn’t been fixed yet though. I don’t want to unleash the powerful boom until government spending is dealt with.
“But a rose by any other name. Whether there is an income tax or a sales tax there will a tax collection agency and they’ll go after people or businesses that don’t pay.”
Not really. The IRS needs a huge budget unlike sales tax inspectors. Businesses would actually suffer less scrutiny, and people in general? Zero scrutiny.
The power the IRS is too great a tempation. Every decade that a powerful group like the IRS exists, the more corrupt it gets. Grassley and other senators uncovered a huge can of worms in their IRS investigation, and that was a whitewash. Judicial Watch uncovered TARGETED auditing during the Clinton administration. At the same time, democrat and ruling class kamizars can cheat all they want.