But unless we did it my way, not everybody will pay. It would be politics as usual. Our tax system only taxes most of the people. Other people get away scott free for all cash transactions.
A VAT is a terrible idea. Before you could blink your eye it would be at 20% PLUS we'd still have all the other taxes.
The tax code needs to be changed so that there no longer is 47% of workers paying no Federal Income Tax at all. If you earn $5,000 you pay a portion in Federal Income Tax. If you earn $10,000 you pay a portion in Federal Income Tax and so on. EVERYONE needs to have skin in the game. That's the way our tax code operated for many decades.
Another thing we need to do is repeal the 17th Amendment. The states need to be represented.