I agree with this statement. The IRS can't totally go away unless payroll taxes are eliminated and someone will still need to police the compliance and collection of any other form of tax. Why does it matter if its a VAT, NST or a variation of the income tax? Unless government spending is cut, the total tax they'll need to collect will be the same.
Why does it matter if they take it from me as a dollar bill or 4 quarters, multiplied by several thousand, if they still take the same amount of money. It's like not wanting to paint the livingroom and arguing with your wife whether it will be green or tan.
Dan
Convert all this hidden taxation of corporate taxes, business taxes and all that stuff into a visible sales tax and people will realize just how much taxes the "poor" are really paying.
If people knew the amount of taxes they were paying that was already a part of the goods they buy, then you would have more people demanding fiscal responsibility. It's a liberal's nightmare and they would fight this to the death.
Plus, the tax rate would come down as goods and services adjust their product retail prices. Businesses will be unshackled and this economy would take off like a rocket. End result would be even more money in the federal coffers.
It is beyond interesting to consider the huge shift in fiscal dynamics that would take place in a sales tax scenario.