[JohnGalt]

Then I shall clarify, federal tax collector.

The remedy for what you allude to here in Massachusetts is to hop over the border in tax-free New Hampshire. Tyranny of location is still subverted where as at the federal level, there would be no escape.

[Principled]

I am not talking about any specific state or states as you posit.

I am, however, illustrating that what you purport to fear is the situation in which we now find ourselves under your beloved income tax.... to wit: a tax that is part of the price of every single good and service available in these United States. Currently, that tax is 22% tax inclusive. You just don't seem to understand that you're already paying it.

Further, under an nrst, not all things would have the tax included in the price as is the situation today.

Further, under your beloved income tax, the 22% tax is hidden; so numbskulls don't even know they're paying it.

Further, under the nrst, the tax becomes completely visible, itemized on the receipt of every taxable - so even dolts will know the burden of our federal tax system.