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re: Getting rid of Federal Income Tax and its fallout

Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:29 am to
Posted by Bard
Definitely NOT an admin
Member since Oct 2008
59283 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:29 am to
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IF Trump can get rid of federal income tax


Can you say "Depression"?

Our GDP has been addicted to massive deficits since 2008. Let me say that again; addicted to deficits, not just spending but constant and large debt creation. Without that we would have:

1. A massive drop in consumer spending as the economy attempted to adjust to the new, slower economy. This would lead to a massive spike in Unemployment.

2. Congress would borrow even more each year to make up the budget shortfall, thus speeding up the crushing of the USD under the weight of federal debt.

3. Some combination of 1 & 2.

Don't get me wrong, the income tax was a bad idea which was made into an even shittier reality. I would love to see it repealed, but that desire doesn't blind me to the fiscal reality of it.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25857 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:34 am to
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If you believe federal income tax can be replaced by tariffs, I've got a very large bridge to sell you.


Income tax makes up around half of the federal government revenues.

There's no way tariffs alone will make that up. He's got to be planning on introducing a federal sales tax to replace the lost income tax revenue. Which I'd prefer because then people who get paid in cash can't escape income taxes by under-reporting their actual income.
Posted by SidewalkDawg
Chair
Member since Nov 2012
10294 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:35 am to
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Getting rid of Federal Income Tax


Will not happen. You need congress to vote this into place and we've already seen what a useless Republican congress we have.

Posted by Swamp Fox SC
Member since Jan 2026
30 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:37 am to
It can be done, just needs to privatize Social Security (which should have been done decades ago) and return welfare to the state level.

There needs to be heavier Tariffs and there need to be penalties on company’s that reduce American workforces and export jobs. The H1B program needs to be completely scrapped. All immigration needs to be temporarily closed. All asylum/refugee nonsense is permanently banned, we don’t do that crap anymore.

Once we clear out all of the riffraff then we can come up with some rational immigration laws based on a merit based lottery system with MAXIMUMS and limited rights for those immigrants (no federal voting rights for their first 10 years, zero tolerance for any criminal offenses, no remittances to any other country, etc.).

Clear all that up and the problems solve themselves.

Oh yeah, Congress and their families can no longer invest in the stock market and term limits are enacted and enforced.
Posted by dickkellog
little rock
Member since Dec 2024
2951 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:37 am to
since 63% of american's pay no income tax this would only affect the 37% of americans who do.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
44942 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:37 am to
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Will not happen. You need congress to vote this into place


Wrong. Minnesota showed us the way.

Everyone stop paying and when the IRS shows up get out in the streets and start blowing whistles.
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
Member since Jul 2007
70335 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:38 am to
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implementing new taxes has always been extremely difficult
Posted by BigUglies10
Member since Jan 2026
753 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:38 am to
Taxation without representation will be straw that breaks the camels back - stealing from me and giving to another who doesn’t do shite.
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
77717 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:39 am to
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IF Trump can get rid of THE FEDERAL RESERVE it will forever reshape the size of the federal government.


This is the endgame. The income tax is merely a symptom of the cancer of the Fed.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
61024 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:42 am to
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Own a home? Own your land? Property tax.


If you have a mortgage, you’re paying property tax on property that you don’t even own. Then, when you actually do own it, they will take it from you if you don’t pay property tax.
Posted by ynlvr
Rocket City
Member since Feb 2009
5551 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:44 am to
The only way to slow congressional overspending is a balanced budget amendment. We will never see that. So, we’re screwed.
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
16414 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:46 am to
Tarrifs could never replace the amount of money received by the income tax

The impact to the price of goods would be a problem too
Posted by PeleofAnalytics
Member since Jun 2021
5394 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:46 am to
Why does anyone think congress will give up one of the biggest points of leverage they have. It's a mechanism for them to give out favors and the power that comes with it. It is a pipe dream to think it will go away. Trump is transformative but it only goes so far.
Posted by BigUglies10
Member since Jan 2026
753 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:54 am to
Take a revolution to stop it - I have my whistle and phone camera ready.
Posted by Tigers0918
Member since Feb 2020
1873 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:55 am to
All of you wanting no federal income tax. Are you ok with slashing the military budget to pennies on the dollar? We are spending a trillion a year on it, I'd be thrilled with cutting it in half but republicans only want to fund it even higher which cost money.
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
63219 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 11:57 am to
I’d prefer a 10% national sales tax on every single thing bought and sold in the US to whoever
Posted by Kjnstkmn
Vermilion Parish
Member since Aug 2020
21923 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 12:00 pm to
All of you fricktards can feel free to keep donating to this bloated monster of a bullshite central government.

They’re fricking showing you what your stolen money is being used for, and you’re still all cucks.

Federal income taxes (and property taxes for that matter) are going away and it’s about fricking time. We should all be rioting on the street like the stupid ICE protesters but about tax thievery ( a righteous cause).

We founded this country and gave the Brits an arse whooping over a small fraction of what the are stealing from us now.

At this point we shouldn’t even be giving them a choice.

Trump is giving it to back to you because you don’t have the balls to just take it.

Bunch of pussies.

I’m not waiting.


TD: The case for a tax revolt has never been stronger - Taxation Is A Humiliation Ritual


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This post was edited on 1/27/26 at 12:09 pm
Posted by dickkellog
little rock
Member since Dec 2024
2951 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 12:28 pm to
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If you have a mortgage, you’re paying property tax on property that you don’t even own. Then, when you actually do own it, they will take it from you if you don’t pay property tax.


that's between you and the county in which you reside.
Posted by theballguy
HSV (Dealing only in satire)
Member since Oct 2011
37278 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 12:29 pm to
There's a better chance that Greenland gets invaded by US forces than this ever happens unfortunately.

But what if it can be cut by a 1/3? or 1/2?

I would take that any day.
This post was edited on 1/27/26 at 12:30 pm
Posted by CajunZ81
Mexico City
Member since Jun 2010
1751 posts
Posted on 1/27/26 at 12:30 pm to
Looks like everyone is missing the fact that if it weren’t for the enormous waste, fraud, and abuse, they wouldn’t need income tax to fund the government. The Somali fraud is just the tip of the iceberg.
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