What type of tax is best economicly?

DanB · 11-09-2004

I don't have any economics training but I am in favor of a national sales tax. So many people aren't filing taxes and so many others are working 'illegally' that we lose quite a bit of taxes.

Most of this is probably a moot point since I doubt the govt would "close" the IRS since it's such a large employer and I'm sure the special interest lobbies that make so much off of handling tax issues (lawyers, accountants, etc.) would block just about anything that would substantially change the current situation.

11-09-2004	#25
DanB Members Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA USA Posts: 8	I don't have any economics training but I am in favor of a national sales tax. So many people aren't filing taxes and so many others are working 'illegally' that we lose quite a bit of taxes. Most of this is probably a moot point since I doubt the govt would "close" the IRS since it's such a large employer and I'm sure the special interest lobbies that make so much off of handling tax issues (lawyers, accountants, etc.) would block just about anything that would substantially change the current situation.