The answer is cutting spending. Enforcement of the FareTax would be a nightmare of intrusiveness, especially at this level of spending.
Uhhh, WHAT?!
The actual answer, in lieu of returning to a Constitutional Republic (which those even here would balk upon [IE: ‘I *paid* into SS]), the Fair Tax (for all its warts) would be a far better plan than the current Communistic (and, IMHO, Unconstitutional [IE: 4th, 5th, 13th, 14th, etc.]).
For me, one of the detractors of the F.T. is the limit it imposes (~22% aka ‘revenue neutral’). It does NOT starve the beast outside of what I can barter/trade/etc. to NOT pay the tax. If we had A1S8, that % should/would be MUCH lower.
I’d love to read your explanation of how a line item on everyone’s receipts constitutes ‘a nightmare of intrusiveness’.