And that is the problem, we had a "flat tax" back in the '80's and look where we are back to now. Fair Tax locks the Politicians out, and that is the direction we should go...
Constitutional Amendment... Get rid of the "progressive" tax code, disband the IRS and most importantly, pull the tax code and its power from the Politicians hands.
If we are going to get back to our Constitutional roots... then lets really get back to them!
and by the way, the under the Fair Tax EVERYONE (citizens, illegals, criminals, etc.) pays their share.
Acutally, there is no possible way to “lock out” the politicians. It is a very simple matter to implement wealth redistribution with the Fair Tax. Here are some possible ways
1) Only certain people above the poverty line (pre-bate) have to pay taxes. Then start mucking with the definition of poverty.
2) Implement a “progressive tiering” of the pre-bate
3) Exclude certain politically correct people from the collection. This can be done with either special stores where only the PC population is allowed to shop at.
The truth of the matter is that the problem is not with TAX COLLECTION. The problem is with TAX EQUALITY. You could fix much of the current tax code if you simply said that a single rate has to be applied to all citizens and that any tax deductions, rebates, subsidies or any other transfer of tax dollars must apply equally to all people regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, residence or INCOME.
But even that does not address the real problem which is SPENDING. But that is a topic for another thread.