[Atlas Sneezed]

I wrote upthread that my main concern about this author’s proposal is that the tax would once again be hidden. The point of a national sales tax is to make it OPEN and NOTORIOUS. This is the way to make Congress accountable if and when they do try to raise the rate.

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You could even have a balanced budget amendment that mandated the rate be increased as needed to keep the budget in balance, and most voters would be spending hawks to make sure it didn’t.

[fightinJAG]

Now that’s interesting.