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The fairest system would be fee based. You only pay for what your use.

Actually the fairest system would have you pay based on what you have. He who has the most property for the state to protect pays the most. This also encourages resources to be used rather then horded.

The next fairest would be based on what you earn. Just a flat percentage tax across the board with no deductions or exceptions. The cost of the state is allocated evenly across all the components of the GDP.

The Sales tax is probably the most complicated alternative to put in place. To be fair every transactiuon has to be invoiced and taxed. Including all services. This one would become a nightmare and probably lead to the development of biggest underground economy since prohibition.

If the concept of tariffs bother you then we can just as easily put in place an import prohibition, or a quantitative cap.

Actually the fairest system would have you pay based on what you have. He who has the most property for the state to protect pays the most.

Americans spend far more on private security than the publi police. The police are far too busy dictating personal behavior to defend us from rapists and thieves.

This also encourages resources to be used rather then horded.

Sigh....What is it with the the desire to Socially Engineer the Economy.

Bush needs to start 'jaw-boning', per someone on this thread, quickly.

He has to do alot more then that. He is going to have to deliver some concrete results. The guy has been going out of his way to support India, Mexico, and China since the day he walk into office. If he can't demonstratea dramatic shift in policy Bush could loose to a crash test dummy in 2004. The only thing that might keep him afloat is the insanity of the Democratic Party.