I couldn't agree more. Tauzin said he favors repealing the 16th Amendment to the Constitution altogether and replacing the income tax with a national sales tax of 15 percent to be collected by existing state franchise tax boards. However, it will take time to establish the nation-wide consensus necessary to enact a major change to our current system. Many Americans today are resigned to the fact of intrusive and expensive federal government. 80 or 90 percent of our pay-checks every week instead of 60 percent.
Government can take less.
Government must take less. To demonstrate how each tax system would work, I have linked information to both on my web site. I encourage you to do this, and I encourage all of you to get involved in this nationwide debate. Restructuring the tax code to make it simpler, fairer and flatter, while trimming government spending and eliminating unnecessary regulations on small businesses will help shift power away from the bureaucrats and special interests in Washington, DC, and return it to the people in California. America has a bright future ahead of it.