If we were to do away with the 16th Amendment, thereby eliminating Federal income taxes, could the gov't make up the lost revenue via tariffs on imports (or some other method which creates American jobs)?
Seems like a win to me, but I don't know where to start to find the right stats.
A flat tax is still an income tax, which means better ideas likely exist.
I think a sales tax has the same issue that income tax has.
You should only tax things you want to decrease. We shouldn't decrease income or sales. Commerce is good. Hard work and trade is how wealth is created.
We need to identify something that it would be beneficial to reduce, and tax that.