Subject: Tax Cheats Comment: In my daily business affairs I frequently encounter business people who either actively; 1. Disguise income or, 2. Exaggerate expenses. I know, because they grudgingly admit it behind a knowing smile, as if it's just a big game. The IRS no longer scares them. They think they know how to beat an audit. The fact is, since most of their competitors are also doing it, they feel (rightly or wrongly) they'd soon be out of business if they didn't follow suit. When I stop to consider the potential national scope of this non-compliance based upon the honor system, I become enraged at the thought of all the hard-working employees who have their taxes automatically deducted and who have to assume the full burden of funding our government. Corporate taxes are a sham which allow many of our wealthiest citizen to avoid any of the burden. For this reason, we need a consumption-based tax which will COMPLETELY REPLACE the current tax code and which will make compliance automatic and compulsory. That way, it would require at least two cheats (buyer and seller) to beat Uncle Sam out of his fair share. Significantly, many of these same "cheats" would support a national sales tax and willingly pay their fair share since they know that everyone else would also be in the same boat. I'm sure this won't be easy politically, but I think it would be supported by the vast majority of Americans. Please, do the right thing and recommend a National Sales Tax to the President. |