Try the simplest solution known to man, a fair flat tax.

Now instead of 20% for 1 and 25% for another and 18% for someone else, all you have to do is this:

Remove all Income Tax.

Remove all Gasoline taxes.

Replace them with 10% flat rate tax frozen in concrete – that would take a national constitutional amendment by majority vote of the people not the lawmakers to rise at the federal level. Local tax rates would be tied to this with a guaranteed 5% maximum allowed to be added by state and local. They also would have to remove all gas taxes as well. They also would have to allow a majority of citizens in the state and local areas to vote to raise the rates.

Items not affected by the tax would be FOOD.

No tax for food that is edible by human. Store, restaurant, fast food or frozen food as long as it is for human digestion. Alcohol would be taxed and not exempt, beer, whiskey, fruit flavored coolers any item with alcohol is taxed. Also Non narcotic drugs made for and used by humans would be tax free. Sorry but the pain pill poppers would have to pay the tax for their not-so-cheap thrills.

The only additional tax allowed under this plan is a non citizen tax on all travel and hotel or motel / entertainment. Under this plan any non US Citizen visiting, working or traveling through would be taxed a 15% additional fee for Hotel and Lodging and Airfare bought inside the USA and Wire Transaction of cash out of the US. If they want to send the money they make here home, it will cost them a bounty. You have to have proof of being a citizen in order not pay the tax. Driver’s license would need to have a brazen YES or NO added to them with the word US Citizen beside it.

The IRS would become the ITS. Their job would be to collect tax that anyone and everyone would pay when they spend money. No longer would you earn $1000 and bring home $700, you would bring home $1000. When you went to spend the money (anyone especially illegal immigrants and non resident aliens) you pay the same tax as they would.

No the poor would not be hurt by lowering the gas tax and removing the income tax, you will in fact place more money into their hands. Food not being taxed would also be a bonus and by making it all food anywhere in the US fit for consumption then the happy meals and mega deals they buy would be cheaper. The drug portion for non narcotic would cover the children without posing a bounty.

The big losers in the tax plan are, the spend thrift liberals in congress and the senate as well as the big companies who now would have to pay tax on any item they buy. The rich would also be taxed equally for a change with the poor. The burden would really affect the non US Citizens and of course illegal immigrants. Who currently pay zero and buy a ton of beer (which would be taxed under this plan).

What happens to Social Security – fund it the right way. Use a percentage of the federal portions for SSI but require that it be invested into at the very least an interest bearing savings account that pays a quarterly rate. Investing the money they get from us smartly would be a key to this plan.