[BlazingArizona]

I would rather have the IRS than a Value Added Tax.

So you don't mind spending a month every year figuring what you owe, and the other eleven worrying about whether, in the opinion of the IRS, you did it right?

[Conservative Infidel]

I'm a rich republican. I can afford to hire a CPA to do that for me. However, I would like to keep the money I am now paying my CPA and go with a Flat-income-tax.
I am afraid that a national sales tax would only make the IRS more powerful. They would just go after a different set of people. "Cash" (i.e. no record of sale) transactions would skyrocket as the Kerry's of the world try to scam out of paying their fair share.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So you don't mind spending a month every year figuring what you owe, and the other eleven worrying about whether, in the opinion of the IRS, you did it right?

A Value Added Tax is a hidden tax that you will pay without knowing about.

I want people to be aware of the taxes they are paying, so they rebel against them.

People can't rebel against invisible taxes that are not itemized on their purchase receipts.

A national sales tax would show up as an itemized expense on your receipt.

As I said before, a national sales tax is okay, but not a VAT.

At least when you pay taxes through the IRS they are very visible to you.