Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   The IRS should be abolished Date:   6/21/2014 9:08:47 AM

A VAT tax would work if and only if they totally abolished the income tax. Last thing we need is European style tax systems. What I like about a VAT is everyone pays taxes and if you don't want to pay much in taxes don't buy a bunch of stuff. I am also ok with a flat tax as long as everyone that has an income pays something. The problem we have now is that almost half of Americans pay no federal tax, coincidently the same percentage of Americans that are happy with our current system.....duh....

Believe me, if we had a fair tax system that didn't punish achievement and made everyone pay something I could care less about write offs. I wouldn't need them.