The federal government thrived with no income taxes for 137 years.

But it's thriving even more today with all those wonderful income taxes!

Prepare thy anus to end up with both within a generation.

I actually think there would be real riots, not just larp riots, if this were actually being pushed.

I don’t think the current generation could comprehend the idea of a no income tax system, they would think the apocalypse was nigh.

Internet Sales Tax ruling by SCOTUS kinda does pave the way for a Euro style VAT and/or elimination of income tax via sales/use taxation.

Sales/use/VAT taxes all people in the nation too. No more freeloading welfare people, and the wealthy still pay more since they buy more stuff, especially expensive stuff. (How much tax are any of us paying for John Travolta personal 747? How much is Travolta paying? Answer 0/100%)

I have always thought that a small percentage of income tax, depending on the individual's pay amount, would be fair. And no refunds. The government would have to operate on a budget based on that much smaller tax revenue, as opposed to continually expanding government and the cost of it, and then having to find new and exotic ways of paying for said govt expansion.

But to answer OP- yes, I would be fine with no income taxes. I could sure as hell use the extra 20% pay.

So the right wing wants us to go back to the days of the hillbillies in the holler fighting the revenuers. But instead of living on dirt roads with no electricity, phone or gas service, they want all the benefits of modern society for free.

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have always thought that a small percentage of income tax, depending on the individual's pay amount, would be fair.

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Who determines what is fair?

Tax on labor is not moral.

More than 40 million Americans were not on some sort of social welfare at that time either.