I trust you'll forgive me if I disagree, having retired now. I'm living on twice-taxed funds from yesteryear. No matter how paid (FICA, 1040's, whatever), I've paid in. Done deal.
To go over to a national sales tax would reload us Boomers and Silent Generation retirees, while Gen Y and Gen Z pay much, much less w/o an income tax.
Not if this was fairly taken into account with an age limit that was graduated in over time. Those above the age of 50 would have a large percentage exempted or would have all neccessities exempted and that would graduate back over time until the first generation of workers who didn’t pay into the ss system would be the one who would not get those breaks. There is always a way to fix it. As it is right now, we are paying into the system and we are unable to retire at the age of 65, we have to wait until 70 to do so. Is that fair either?