Somebody should run on a platform where:
1. Income tax becomes truly voluntary; check a box and don't have any withholding or tax at all;
2. Nothing replaces income tax, like flat tax; NOTHING;
3. Any taxation comes from import/export, or Federal corporations, or taxes for transporting product across stat lines IF IT IS A CORPORATION THAT DOES IT; no taxation for private people transporting stuff anywhere (these have been in place from the beginning of the country).
If Trump was for the people, he would have done this. He could afford to do it. And he isn't another Ross Perot.
I am in favor of the general construct of taxes for a variety of reasons. Mostly practical as I see things. Also a strongly progressive strategy help address the Achilles heal of 'capitalism' which is that ultimately the winner ends up with all the chips.
I am very much against the way money is being used to centralize control. Currently at the Federal level, but in the minds eye of the globalists, above that. Basically funds are allocated to achieve goals with a good portion going into the pockets of those who implement the centrally managed policies. The funny thing is that it's not 'taxes' per-se that are used since they are not needed by those who own the printing press. At the Fed level taxes are mainly used for the (necessary) transfer of wealth mechanism, but there is a huge amount of subterfuge, cronyism, skimming, etc. Utterly corrupt. I would like to see the deprecation of income taxes going to the Feds for that reason alone.
To me it makes sense to have strongly progressive taxes on things that people uses in excess of a basic need. One example would be transportation. If one wants an expensive car or a jet aircraft, fine, but expect progressive taxes. Or property ownership. If one (person or especially a corporation) controls productive property over a certain threshold, progressive taxes kick in. To mitigate the problem, break it up which results in more people owning more property, or suck it up and brag about how much one pays in taxes. It's not intellectually ideal (to me), but it's the most practical solution with the best results that I can see.
