Issue Position: Replacing the IRS

Issue Position

I support the elimination of the IRS completely and the introduction of a 15% federal sales tax. Each individual state is perfectly capable of collecting and forwarding collected federal sales tax revenue quite efficiently. This would reinstitute the state's leverage over the central government, as originally envisioned by our Founding Fathers. A federal sales tax (AKA the "fair tax") would immediately give every single person in America "skin in the game". Everyone would be invested in America. Every single resident -- including patriotic citizens, legal immigrants, illegal immigrants, drug users, drug dealers, grass cutters, cops and criminals. Everyone would participate in the funding of our Federal government. Every citizen would find themselves controlling their own money and taking advantage of market competition to shop wisely with more money in their pockets to spend. What about exemptions? Yes, I would support exempting food and medicine from federal sales taxation. I would also support exempting a citizen who has been honorably discharged from the military equal to the number of years served up to 6. This would give a young Patriot who has served his country a well deserved leg up on life when he began his civilian endeavors after honorably serving his country. I would also support an exemption for ALL of our once revered elderly. We'd have to arrive on a fair formula based on average life expectancy and census evaluation, but at some point in life -- maybe 67 or 68 -- every elder would reach a point where the nation could say "thank you for your loving guidance, thank you for putting up with the generation that has followed you, congratulations for making it, we revere you, we appreciate you… enjoy your golden years… tax free…as a humble gesture from a grateful nation."

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