He also misses the fact that the profits of overseas companies that we import from are not taxed, we would capture some of that with a sales tax.
And it’s not just the pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers. Many criminal attorneys , service people(plumbers,carpenters,mechanics,yard maintenance,etc) buy and sell for cash hustlers, hair stylist, barbers, waiters and waitresses, illegal gambling houses, never pay income tax. They do have one thing in common. They all use the money they make to live on. Like I said there is a huge underground economy that pays no income tax.