Did the second-order effects of such a collapse ever occur to you, or are you a complete idiot?
Then, the politicos would be forced to deal with the issue, and come up with either a flat tax or a national sales tax.
No, the politicos would be trying to get into whatever "Continuity Of Government" bunker was closest, and wait out the second-order effects I was talking about.
Either option would be better than what we have now! Argue that point.
Fine, I'll argue that point. At that point, America would be dead and buried. Whatever came out of the ashes would most likely be a myriad collection of minor tyrannies, where the law is whatever the guy with the biggest and baddest thugs says it is.
You mean like what we have now with asset forfeiture, consfiscatory taxation, no-knock raids, DUI checkpoints, 'FBI/ATF/TSA/IRS/INS' alphabet soup agencies that bring us Waco, Ruby Ridge, and a bureaucracy that refuses to seal the borders, etc, etc, etc?
I'm sure glad that the government is here to help me. /sarcasm
No, I'm not a "complete idiot." I'm not the one singing the praises of a system of taxation that is an obvious a failure, either.
It would never get to that point of a collapse, unless Hillary Clinton was elected President. That was a poor choice of words on my part. Anyone else would address the problem at some point prior to the total collapse of our nation.
Since you're so smart what exactly is your plan? You say that you think the current system is bad, but you're paralyzed with fear when it comes to trying something else? So, what does America do? Continue down the same twisted path, because any alternative may turn out to be worse, or what? What is your solution Mr. Status Quo?