re: #664 jcm

As long as all other taxes, fees etc… are dropped it might work.
For all my taxing districts, and all the hidden fees in WA state 41% of my income in taxes.

I’d swap that for my gross paycheck and a 23% consumption tax in a heartbeat.

I’d rather have a low 5% flat rate income with no deductibles to free up the billions in wasted dollars in processing taxes leaving sales tax to the states. I’d also like to see certain government programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid reorganized into individual accounts with such accounts going to beneficiairies of the taxpayer’s chosing as part of a legacy program in the event of death. The tax problems are just symptoms of a much bigger problem of wasted time and money of constant government growth.