If Americans were truly taxed in terms of how much things actually cost to do, you could probably halve the amount that is paid in taxes easily.
APTTAX.com is a wide flat tax on all financial transactions.
A wider flat tax, lowers the taxes for people that have been paying out the nose, taxes. And the people that have not paid will start paying.
Liberals like it as an add on tax to all the other taxes, ant that is a FAIL.
Conservatives and Libertarians want it to replace all the federal taxes. And it could replace the state sales tax.
Take a look at APTTAX.com, its not a sales tax or a vat tax.