We have no federal sales fax to raise, once it is instituted it is there it is there forever for politicians to play with. Taxes are immortal.
Fax = tax.
Darn swype
But that’s no different from our present tax situation. Yet under the sales tax, because everyone pays it and because it’s not hidden (it is shown on the receipt for everything you purchase), it would be a lot harder for congresscritters to vote to increase it. A lot more people would have a stake in the tax rate.
As it stands now, at least 50% of the constituents of Congress actively SUPPORT tax increases — because they are NOT paying taxes at all and it’s the other guy’s money that gets robbed.