[Lurker]

Return the Fed to its proper role and all this becomes unnecessary.

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[Sgt_Schultze]

I would like federal taxes to be apportioned to each state. Congress et al would pass a budget, with appropriate immediate spending authority enacted, and the total amount would be divided by 435 - the number of HoR, and that total multiplied by the number of representatives in each state. So Florida and New York would owe 27/435 each, California would owe 53/435, and tiny Delaware would owe 1/435.

Then each state could target the taxes in the way they each saw fit. New York and California could tax only investment bankers and CEO's, the rest of the nation would be free to be more reasonable. But the point is that the taxing power would be closer, so you could alter it if enough people disagreed. The famous 47% non-paying democrat voting block might even disappear.

[Gene Eric]

You might have a hard time defining ‘proper’ these days.