How do you starve the beast by giving it a NEW tax revenue conduit?
You start by forcing *everyone* to pay federal taxes, not just 53%. As I posted earlier, Does anyone believe ObamaCare would have passed if 9-9-9 had been the law of the land? You wouldn't have had nearly half the people believing the fantasy of "free healthcare" if they were all on the hook for federal taxes too.
Having a little skin in the game does wonders for people's perceptions of what is "free" and what is not.