The overall burden of taxation on the American economy must be reduced in order for the nation to compete effectively in the global marketplace. By current estimates, federal, state, and local governments now consume 40-50 percent of the income of Americans. Yet so much of the media discussion today is about how to raise, not how to cut, taxes. This must stop. Further, the type of tax levied has a significant impact on the efficiency and productivity of an economy.
Sales taxes are better than income taxes.
Many states are learning this lesson. Washington should, too. Breaking the bureaucratic monopoly of the public schools has become a chief goal of many innovative reformers on the Right and the Left. Contrary to the claims of the bureaucrats, educational choice will improve rather than harm the public schools. By giving each parent a scholarship certificate, voucher, or tax credit, and allowing parents to choose the schools their children attend, educational choice will lead to greater diversity, competition, and innovation in all schools.