I agree with your assessment entirely.
Revenue projections like those are nearly meaningless anyway. Too many unknown factors at this point.
Personally, I’d favor an amendment which says Congress can’t spend more than what was taken in last year.
>>I agree with your assessment entirely.
Revenue projections like those are nearly meaningless anyway. Too many unknown factors at this point.
Personally, I’d favor an amendment which says Congress can’t spend more than what was taken in last year.
A flat tax that was hard to increase - ie supermajority to increase (eg. under WWIII) would eliminate half of the lobbyists. Those looking for tax breaks. Congressmen would be able to say, sorry, that’s something of the past now.
Same (similar) would be true of a balanced budget amendment on the spending side. Sorry, we have to balance the budget now. So no earmarks, etc. again lowering the lobbyist population.