Why would switching from income tax to sale tax hurt our trade deficit? I much prefer state sales taxes over state income taxes. The difference in liberty is night and day. But I could see someone like you who probably has no personal income taxes wanting to keep screwing the people that do.
First of all he didn't say repeal income tax, he said get rid of ALL other taxes and replace them with sales taxes. Second with the trade deficit, he said to pass "import tax laws", it wasn't related to the income tax and sales tax (which income tax wasn't really brought up at all)
Third, sorry you have to resort to personal attacks, but yeah, last year I did pay income tax, both state and federal.
Finally, there is nothing wrong with sales taxes, but to tax items at a needed level to support the entire national and state governments with sales taxes is absurd and would probably crush consumerism in the country and have detrimental effects.