So who is for a National Sales tax?

I could go along with a national sales tax . Providing of course that the income tax goes away completely . Suggested percentages are from 17% to 25% of income . That range would be about right IMO , but please don't let them build a Tax office like the IRS !
This might be off Brent's topic , but please educate yourself about the Value Added Tax used in parts of Europe , it is a system we certainly don't want here ! Imagine a tax added on a product at every level of production and distribution . Nightmare in the making . The VAT is extremely cumbersome and just doesn't seem kosher .

They already have plenty of money!

Well do you really buy alot of stuff as it is?

Under my system food would not be taxed...

I buy a pretty good amount of stuff, and can you imagine the price of a new car under this system? Gonna be freakin ridiculous.

The best part about having a national sales tax and dropping the income tax is that all of the income that is "under the table", illegal, illicit, etc, will join the taxing pool. Those working under the table buy things. Drug/Arms dealers buy luxory items. None of those moneys are currently taxed because they aren't reported as income. Therefor, a sales tax allows gov't to dip into a bigger pool. I think the rate could be much less than the 33% many currently pay for income tax. 15% or so would probably cover what they needed.

So who is for a National Sales tax? With this would come the abolishment of the IRS and any income tax or tax period unless it is a tax on a purchase...

I vote yes! Bring it on.....

But what happens when you buy a 750,000$ home (the avg in NVA), a 33% tax on that would be killer. And would you pay it over time, because you typically don’t buy a house all at once, would you pay the tax by tacking on to you loan. If so that’s terrible because you would then pay interest on the tax. Or would you pay this tax over time? What I suggest is this, you don’t tax essentials of life, so no tax on a house, nor tax of food (as previously suggested) and none on city water ( I live of a well so we don’t pay for our water).