Reply #33: Never gonna happen, too much power [View All]

is lost by removing the income tax as a political hammer.

For your question, I think the answer would be, something else. More than likely a sales tax.

Now that the question is answered, and I'm free to dream, I have to ask, why bother abolishing the personal income tax?

I think a way to gain a bit more control is to abolish withholding. People would still receive their pay stub showing what they made, and what they owe in taxes, but would receive their entire check. It would be up to the tax payer to cut a check (quarterly) and mail it in.

Perhaps when they see it as "real money", the tax payer will start demanding some accountability about where all that money is going.

Hey, I did say I was free to dream, didn't I? :shrug: