Sales tax for all. It’s simple and extractable. If money is spent outside the country, goods brought back are still taxable. Remember the declaration form we all fill out on return. The benefit dependent still spend their benefits and when they do, they still pay the sales tax.
We need a sales tax plus a tariff. Then your talking business. Re industrialization will make the economy sky rocket.
That assumes they will return and bring foreign purchases with them. What about those who live abroad, return only to visit friends or make business deals, and spend very little of their US earned income here in the states ?