[Dutchboy88]

"...but a flat tax won’t do that. A flat tax keeps the IRS, keeps paycheck withholding, keeps payroll taxes, is not border adjusted, and keeps business taxes."

Gee, that makes Cruz' a regular genius, doesn't it? How does a smart guy like that miss this important fact? And, gee, your national sales tax won't do it either, now will it? No one to enforce the filing of sales tax returns, no one to collect the tax, and of course no one to monitor the offshore internet buying that will collapse the economy.

[Principled]

No one to enforce the filing of sales tax returns, no one to collect the tax, and of course no one to monitor the offshore internet buying that will collapse the economy.

False. You know nothing.

The nrst does have an enforcement mechanism - state sales tax agencies.

Customs and Border agents control imports. Were you unaware?

pfffft ignorance....