Federal Tax Reform
Strengthening the Economy > Tax Burden > Federal Tax Reform
The current federal tax code is unacceptable for American taxpayers. Federal tax reform is urgently required, and any reform must support free enterprise, economic growth, and job retention. We support any pragmatic, fair, simple, and obvious tax solutions, including but not limited to a national sales tax and a flat income tax.Federal tax reform is required and any reform should support free enterprise, economic growth, be simple and fair and support job retention in the United States. The Internal Revenue Service is unacceptable to U. S. taxpayers! We urge that the IRS be abolished and the Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution be repealed. We further urge that the personal income tax, alternative minimum tax, inheritance (death) tax, gift tax, capital gains, corporate income tax, and payroll tax be eliminated. We recommend the implementation of a national retail sales tax, with the provision that a two-thirds majority of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate is required to raise the rate. Such reforms will encourage investment and economic growth. Such a sales tax plan must ensure that no one in America pays taxes of any kind on the necessities of life, ensuring opportunity and quality of life for low- and fixed-income Americans. We believe every tax at every level should be a separate and clearly visible billing to the taxpayer, regardless of type of tax, and of calculation method, so we support tax visibility in all forms.
As much as we hate the IRS, it sucks because of the hideous tax code, not because it's inherently evil. This plank invokes the same flawed logic that supports closing the Guantanamo Bay prison: we're ditch an effective system because of a marketing problem.
Mainstream conservatism supports drastic tax code reform, but it is premature to pick a sales tax as the only winner. That excludes other pragmatic conservative approaches like a flat income tax.
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