“I hate the sales tax, however, it would capture a large amount of people who pay no taxes on income by working under the table, IE ILLEGAL ALLIENS!.”
True, but it also ‘captures’ every dime of SS, dividends from tax free municipal bonds, etc. Then it taxes savings which have have already been taxed by another 9%.
Businesses get to deduct all sorts of things under the 999 plan, but individuals only get to deduct charitable contributions.
It has zero chance of ever passing.
That being said, it is a start. Tax reform is essential. The broadening, fattening, and elimination of the current 70,000 page tax structure would in itself unleash an economic cornucopia of goodness.