[xzins]

All told, state & fed (fica, ss, & med) took about 20 grand from me this year. I feel robbed. The unaccountability of lost federal cash really bothers me. Liberal claptrap getting some of my cash drives me up the wall, but my fair share goes to fund those clowns, too.

NRST is the only fair tax. But idiots can still misspend even that.

[sourcery]

NRST is the only fair tax.

Well, I'll admit that it's a substantial improvement over the present system. But it's still not moral. Nevertheless, since it is substantantially better than the status quo, I'm all in favor (I am not unrealistic, I know that taxes aren't going away anytime soon, and that the only hope of getting rid of them is incrementally).

But idiots can still misspend even that.

Yes. And why not? It's not like the government actually earned any of that money itself. There's just not much motivation to be frugal or effective with other people's money--especially when you'll be getting more next year, and can always increase the take whenever the urge strikes you.