Interestingly, I never said that.
but the power to raise sales taxes from 0% to 9% is somehow just plain wrong?
Yes, because no such tax exists now and should not.
You are basically saying that since Congress can raise income taxes now, might as well give them a sales tax that they can raise as well.
My question is more along the lines of what difference does it make if Congress raises, say $1 trillion in income tax hikes or $1 trillion in sales tax hikes? It’s still coming out of your pocket either way. To me at least, raising one income stream and lowering another doesn’t sound all that bad.