[Willie Green]

Capitalism works.

Yep. Under an NRST, the black market would flourish.
The fedgov can't even put a dent in domestic trade of illicit substances it has banned.
Place a whopping sales tax on ALL items and the "underground economy" will grow exponentially.

[Jim Robinson]

Well, the real key here is to drastically reduce the size and scope of government so it does not require such a heavy tax burden to support it. Reduce the government to only those functions authorized by the Constitution and then a single digit sales tax on everything purchased should be more than sufficient to fund it. Nine or ten percent of our total sales nationally should be enough to defend our borders, pay the administration and the congress, run the courts and post office and still have enough left over to fund the state governments. Maybe you can do the math and let me know.