Getting rid of different tax exemptions (property, sales and income) is a very good idea

In Louisiana the success of populist politicians over the decades have resulted in our tax burdens being more concentrated on fewer people than they should be.

Another thread talks about the homestead exemption. There is the industrial ten year tax exemption too. There is the property tax exemption for those over 65. All of those should be eliminated with the understanding that all millages will be rolled back so that government collections are the same. We would add perhaps hundreds of billions of dollars to the property tax rolls. A parish might see a school millage go from 25 mils to 10 mils. Many homeowners would actually pay lower taxes in some circumstances.

Income taxes are the same way. There is NOTHING FAIR about exempting government retirement income from all Federal, State and Local government retirees while taxing the retirement income of those in the private sector. The government class should not get this benefit. I saw a calculation once that said this exemption cost the state $90 million annually. Do away with it and lower the income tax rate for all.

Does anyone need to hear about how stupid it is to have the film tax credits and the digital media credits and the live music credits? Same for the payroll credits IMHO.
Do away with all of these and end the corporate income tax altogether. It doesn't raise much revenue as it is.

There are a lot more. (old age fishing licenses are a pet peeve of mine--they sold me a lifetime licenses for less than the same license would cost a 16 year old annually. Which of us has more means to pay this tax?)