What if paying taxes in America were simple enough for everyone to understand?
America needs money to operate government. But collecting that money does not have to require complicated tax returns, thousands of tax rules, and several different ways of taxing the same person.
Replace the complicated system with one simple nationwide sales tax.
People should be able to understand the laws that govern their own lives.
Taxes should not require an accountant, specialized software, or hundreds of pages of instructions just to determine what someone owes.
A simpler tax system affects much more than the tax form. These pages explore how the idea could work throughout everyday life.
A transition plan that protects people who have already paid into the existing system.
Why owning a home should mean actually owning it.
Separating medical care, personal responsibility, charity, and government.
Clear borders, clear rules, and laws ordinary people can understand.
Ideas are useful. Actual legislation is better. The goal is to eventually provide clear, ready-to-read legislative language showing exactly what laws would need to change.
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