I just don't appreciate the overselling of the concept without discussing all the positives and negatives first. Banning the IRS only to have the same people hired by the States with the Feds breathing down their necks isn't what I would call federalism. The States would have every reason to under tax their own people, so the enforcement pressure would have to be enormous.
Dear Carry_Okie,
I don't disagree with you.
My two main problems with the NSRT are:
1. I am adamantly opposed to it without guaranteed repeal of the 16th amendment.
2. I think that a 30% sales tax will overburden consumption.
Thus, without a constitutional amendment that repeals the 16th amendment (and the repealing amendment could give a few years to allow for a transition), or some clause in the NSRT legislation that delays its implementation until the ratification of a repeal amendment, the NSRT should be a dead letter.
And, without cutting government spending FIRST, the NSRT could seriously suppress consumption. We often call the results of that a "recession."
I'm also not crazy about the "prebate," as it makes everyone a direct client of the state, everyone gets a green weenie once a month (perjorative term for a paycheck drawn by federal workers on the US Treasury).
But otherwise, I'm open to the idea in concept.
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