[karlamayne]

"To make sure the income tax isn't resurrected in the future, the 16th Amendment would have to be repealed. "

You raise an excellent [if, impossible -- only one amendment was ever repealed] point. The likely (possible) scenario would be that a national sales tax would "replace" the income tax which would be kept in some reduced fashion only on the "super-rich," say those who earn $1M/year. Gradually, however, the definition of the rich would wither down as the percentage of the tax rose. Naturally you'd still have the national sales tax, or VAT. This was what happened in several European (and South American) countries.

[Green Knight]

For more information about a National Retail Sales Tax go to http://www.fairtax.org

[Tripleplay]

I agree. This is exactly what would happen.

Why does the USA continually try to emulate Europe, (taxes, welfare, immigration, etc.) which can only destoy the creation of wealth?