[rigelkentaurus]

A big win on taxes to me, would be to repeal the 16th Amendment, and replace it with a sales (consumption tax - absolutely NOT a VAT.

Tax collected by each State, forwarded to the US Treasury, IRS is completely disbanded. No more complicated tax forms, no more reporting to the government on your economic activity. Just needs an exemption for what is a business that must collect taxes, and what is not to protect simple things like a family selling a few eggs, lemonade stands, and other low volume incidental transactions.

[nathanbedford]

In a companion article upstream, author Brent Bozell, predicts great losses for Republicans in the upcoming cycles for failure to actually repeal Obama care.

Now we see as a result of that failure is more difficult to fulfill yet another campaign promise, tax reform. The two are related.

The obvious solution is to stop lying to the American people about the difficulties of getting reconciliation past the Senate parliamentarian , use reconciliation to repeal Obama care (if the Republicans are too cowardly to flat out repeal it), taking care that the mandatory provisions are taken out, but fully explain to the public that tax reform (which should be very popular) can only be done successfully if Obama care has a stake driven through its heart.

The Republicans are going to have to cease trying to be all things to all voters and dance with those that brung 'em.

[cashless]

ALL taxes should have NO deductions, NO exemptions, NO credits and NO viable entity not paying some fixed percentage, no matter how small, of tax. Having 50+% of the population not paying taxes is insanity on steroids. You want fiscal responsibility back into the public discourse? Eliminate Federal, State, Local, and Medicare withholding and force a monthly payment to each taxing authority. When you start garnishing wages for taxes owed plus penalties and interest MONTHLY and get in the hip pocket of deadbeats, tax cheats and welfare scammers, you'll get some cooperation. While we are at it, if anyone cannot pass eVerify or provide a bona fide SS number, they immediately are taxed 50% with no refunds until verified. LEGAL immigrants should be taxed at the same rate as citizens without ANY exemptions, credits, or loopholes. That's tax reform I can live with. And while you're at it, cap SS benefits to $40,000 per year but NO cap on wages taxed for SS and Medicare. Stupid to have had a cap to begin with. Thank you FDR, you f’n Progressive Socialist Democrat. Nothing more than a Marxist in drag.

[floozy22]

If Trump and the GOP can get a solid corporate tax bill done, they will have a much better chance of tackling individual taxes.

Seems like good advice. Tackle corporate tax reform first, which will lay a foundation for moving forward on individual tax reform - the much bigger endeavor.

[central_va]

Eliminate the H-1B visa. That would affect a lot of people immediately.

[Jim Robinson]

Go, Trump, GO!! We need a big win, baby!!

[RocketMan1]

I don’t understand why he isn’t looking at the FAIR Tax or a similar national sales tax which rids us of punitive income taxes and withholding and forces the deadbeat EBT and welfare crowd to pay “their fair share.”

[RocketMan1]

Oh .. and the BEST part of the FAIR Tax is that it eliminates the IRS. If they still have to exist with the FAIR Tax, it should be a massively downscaled entity where the employees are nothing more than mailroom clerks opening envelopes and making out deposit slips for checks.