Taxpayers scurrying to file before the IRS deadline may well be wondering if there’s another way to pay the piper.
One decades-old idea has suddenly received traction in Congress: replacing the income tax and just about every other federal tax with a national sales tax.
Consumers would pay 30% on nearly every purchase: diapers, new car, hamburger, six-pack of beer, insulin, carton of eggs or a visit to the dentist. That’s on top of state and local sales tax.
Source: theeagle.com
