"I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope some day you'll join us." I'm sorry. I was just singing a little John Lennon. You should be thankful that you couldn't hear me. Imagine me singing, and it doesn't sound too bad. Ha! Ha!
Wouldn't it be cool if taxes were simple and fair? Imagine if we didn't get hit with fifty little taxes on everything we buy, use or do. Imagine a single tax bill that we get once a month that covers all expenses to run all levels of government. No income tax + property tax + sales tax + personal property tax + utility tax + . . . . Just one bill so that we could see exactly how much we are paying for government services.
What if that bill was the same for everyone? Just divide the cost of all government services by the population of the USA and, voila, that's how much each person owes. If you're married and you have three kids, your family owes the tax bill for five citizens. If you live alone, then you only owe tax for one citizen. I know what you're thinking. What about the poor? They can't afford to pay their taxes. You're not really going to make them pay are you? What if they have five kids and a rich guy only has one. The poor family of seven will have to pay a lot more than the rich family of three. That's not fair. (Imagine the sound of a baby throwing a tantrum. Wah! Wah! Wahhhhhhh!)
I don't see anything unfair about this system. In fact, bring on the illegal aliens, and make them citizens. If we add millions of new citizens to the tax rolls, I won't need to pay as much.
Now imagine Congress passing a new spending bill. We could easily calculate the impact it would have on each of us. Just divide the new spending by the US population, and there you have it: the extra cost for each member of your family. Where are the emperor's clothes? Everything congress did would be totally transparent. Make it mandatory for them to tell you how much every bill passed will cost you personally (or how much it will save you -- that's funny -- imagine Congress passing a bill that reduces spending -- ha! ha! ha! ha! -- I just can't stop laughing about that one!).
We wouldn't have to worry about raising income tax rates, because there wouldn't be any. Unemployed? Sorry about your luck. Better find a way to pay your tax bill. Your business not earning any profits this quarter? You will need to pay the taxes with or without dividends. Are you an unemployed illegal alien that wants citizenship? Maybe you can't afford it.
Would Congress be so quick to create a MessAPolitico with this system? I think not.
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