[mil-vet]

A national sales tax will be as bad or worse, in terms of lost income, as the IRS - what we need is a flat tax of no more than 10% (if 10% is good enough for God, then it should be enough for the freakin' gov't)!!

[ThinkDifferent]

A national sales tax will be as bad or worse, in terms of lost income, as the IRS - what we need is a flat tax of no more than 10%

The amount of government spending and how it collects the money that it spends are separate issues. I entirely agree that government needs to be smaller and less expensive, but as long as it exists it needs to be funded. The current income tax is about the worst system imaginable; it's complex, invasive, riddled with loopholes for special interests, it has huge compliance and enforcement costs, and it's biased against saving and investment. Regardless of how much of our money the government spends, the income tax needs to die.

[DH]

What you don't realize is the fact that under a flat tax you report your income and then pay the tax due.  If you don't report your income you don't pay any tax.  Consequently, tax cheaters and those on the "underground econony" along with criminals and welfare cheats have a great opportunity to cheat us just like what's happening today.  Nothing will change under a flat tax.  The cheats and criminals will continue hiding income and law abiding citizens will continue paying their share of the unreported taxes.

Under the NRST EVERYONE PAYS THE TAX!  When you buy something you pay a tax.  It's fair because everyone, law abiding or not, criminal or tax cheat, prostitute or gambler all pay the same rate of tax every time they purchase ANYTHING!