[zeugma]

I'd only suppoort a consumption tax of this kind if a constitutional amendment were passed to implement it in such a way that 1). The income tax would be repealed from the constitution. 2)the rate set in the 'consumption tax' were included in the amendment, which would require a new amendment (and all the associated difficulties) to raise.

[jimkress]

I agree 100%. Any change in the curent tax system must be predicated upon first a repeal of the 16th Amendment. Then, the new system could be imposed. Anything else will just result in our being taxed on BOTH income AND the new system.