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The final thing I'm going to say on this, well, before that

Just as you'll never convince me that the South was wrong in the Civil War, you'll never convince me that a national sales tax is a good idea

More importantly, one thing, one last point, that needs no emperical evidence to back it up

This is a tax burden that will primarily fall on areas where the cost of living is higher, and these areas don't exactly together constitute 51% of the country

And that is the final flaw (which is a flaw in the income tax too, though it's not as pronounced there)

The burden for this tax will fall primarily in expensive markets. What that does is mess with regional economies, which is not a good idea.

The problem with NRST is the same as Income Tax. We are a nation by techicality only. Back in the 80's, this guy wrote a book detailing the nations by culture, economics, etc

So you can't apply a one size fits all to anything in this country outside of defense policy, because of different regional needs, mores, etc etc.

What works well in Nevada might not work so well in New Hampshire, and vice-versa.

And that's the real crime of the expansion of the federal government. It lulled people into thinking it was a uniform country, and you could use uniform solutions to problems, because it was uniform.