The IRS and Federal Income Tax

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First off if you have ever had to deal with the IRS because of back taxes, or, as in my case once, my accountant missed a form, you know how ruthless they can be. They will use every tactic to terrorize you into paying when actually they cannot legally do what they threaten to do.

Anyway, they suck, so....in this time of turmoil and change why not sack the IRS and go to a national sales tax instead? A "value added tax" with varying percentages for items ranging from your personal jet to the pair of Air Jordans you just saw on TV?

This would work. The IRS knows it and so does the goverment. Ex IRS employees (one, who was chief fraud investigator and instructor for the entire east coast and who happens to do my taxes) say it would be the most efficient means of collecting revenue and save billions in the reporting end for the govt.

Of course Taxmasters and H&R Block would have to find new venues of business.

Just a thought.