[elbucko]

There would be no mechanism for the government to track how much "kevkrom" or "elbucko" spends, since the government only sees the gross receipts of the seller.

Do you honestly belive that the government will not know how much you are paid by your employer? Are you really that naive? The government will compare how much you have been paid, with how much you have spent. If you have not spent enough, you will get a bill for the taxes due.

[TChris]

Are you really that naive?

You're right, you're right. I should be wearing my tin foil hat! ...and I need to have that last filling removed; I think the dentist is a Nazi spy. ;-)

[kevkrom]

Do you honestly belive that the government will not know how much you are paid by your employer? Are you really that naive? The government will compare how much you have been paid, with how much you have spent.

Actually, under the NRST bill, the government would certainly know my employment income, because that information is required for Social Security benefits (unless and until Social Security is seriously reformed or elimintaed). What they will not know is how much I spent on retail goods and services.