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Old 07-14-2023, 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Battlebasset View Post
If we would just work to simplify the tax code this would become more difficult, and we would need less IRS (which costs money) to track it down.

I would also be in favor of a national sales tax if it would result in lower income tax rates and simplification. But it wouldn't, and we need look no further than Europe for how that would work.
A national sales tax will never happen because the 50 percent of people who pay no income tax would need to start paying taxes.