It also has a very oppressive unitary tax system for individuals, where it wants to track and tax the income of all US citizens, and have detailed information on their offshore assets. Not the "land of the free" anymore... unless you're an illegal or a welfare client.
Absolutely. The Fair Tax would fix this, but why would the Feds give up the power of the IRS.
They are making the US into the land of Fee and home of the Hand-out.