You're forgetting something. The burden of proof is on you, unless you provide in the law that the govt. must prove your spending. Lemme get this straight... you are seriously suggesting that all of the following could even remotely happen:
- The government passes a law requiring each person to spend a minimum amount on taxable (retail) goods and services. Would this be a fixed amount (what about people who spend less than that?) or a percentage of income (how would total income be determined if only wages are tracked?)
- The government then violates all manner of financial privacy to track every individual's check and credit card purchases, and keeps a database comparing that to the minimum amount that person is required to spend.
- Anyone who comes up short gets hauled into court to prove that they made up the required difference in cash by providing receipts.
I suppose this will be right after the aliens from Area 51 are proven to be the secret force running the CIA?
Lemme get this straight... you are seriously suggesting that all of the following could even remotely happen:Not exactly, but when Congress passed the 16th. Amendment in 1913, it was on the top .01% of the population. Do you think that anybody would have thought then, that a child is born in 1990 would have its footprint taken and it would receive a Social Security Number before it could suckle at its mothers breast?
Don't you get it! If you do not restrain government, by law, from doing harm, it will do harm. That means that any tax scheme will have to be backed up by a very comprehensive tax bill that limits the powers of government into your personal affairs for tax purposes.