“What he actually said was, “It used to be that the sole purpose of the tax code was to raise the necessary funds to run government. But in today’s world the tax mandate has many more facets. These include income redistribution, encouraging favored industries, and discouraging unfavorable behavior.”
This is a BAD thing.”
Yes, it is - but, this is exactly what 9-9-9 ALSO does!
If you think keeping the business and personal income tax while adding a sales tax will stop the Federal Government from doing the “BAD thing” you are delusional.
The only people with the power to stop the fed is US....the voters and those who have "skin in the game".
What is the number...47% don't pay taxes, but yet get "credits", which gives them a refund on money they haven't paid?
Once they are forced to start paying up, like the rest of us, perhaps they will start paying a little more attention and get the heck off the plantation.
Conceptually, what kind of a tax structure would avoid those bad things?