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Answer: there is no magic, there is no limit. They can raise taxes incrementally until you wind up paying $20.00 in taxes to buy $10.00 worth of groceries. And they don’t have to stop there. The sky is the limit.

Actually that doesn't make a lot of sense..why? b/c a sales tax is visible and b/c everyone will be paying it. Right now we pay stealth taxes (most people don't even realize how much money they really make..they only know their "take home pay") and 4 out of 10 people pay no taxes....make taxes visible and felt by ALL and there is no way the congresscritters would raise the rate b/c everyone would complain if they did. Everyone would have a vested interest in keeping the rate low b/c everyone's pockets will be hit. Part of the problem with the income tax is the built in class envy, not everyone is responsible to pay it so too many don't give a crap what the rates are. It's not effecting them so why care? Have taxes felt by all and then people will pay attention to what the taxes are rather than the 'who cares as long as it isn't me' attitude we have now.

It doesn’t matter whether the tax is visible or not, you have to pay it, or you can’t buy whatever you are trying to buy. When you get down to it, it’s just as insidious as payroll withholding. Unless you plan to stop buying things.

The various “protected classes” will get assurances that their government payments will be adjusted. And hey, the “protected classes” already vote for whomever promises to to put more money in their pockets. They aren’t going to care how the government gets the money.