the FLAT tax....

it is MY personal belief....  that we only need ONE tax....   one global tax....  one national tax....  one state tax....  one city tax....

that we only need ONE revenue driven tax....  one tax to operate the government.... 

and.... 

it is MY personal belief....  that that tax is the INCOME tax....  or....  as eye like to think of it....  the EXPLOITATION tax....  the MORE you exploit MY world....  the more you have to contribute.... to the common good....  the more that you have to pay....  for using my resources....  my minerals....  my land....  my citizens....  

we can eliminate the sales tax....  which is regressive....  which taxes the poor at a higher rate than the rich....  because....  the poor spend a higher percentage of their income than the rich....

we can eliminate the property tax....  which encourages governments to artificially increase property values....

and....  this tax CAN be set up as a FLAT tax....  not a progressive tax....  not a regressive tax....  a flat tax....  let us say....  a thirty percent flat tax....  to start....

the MORE you exploit MY world....  the more you contribute....  therefore....  if you make ten dollars per year....  you pay three dollars in taxes....  if you make a billion dollars per year....  you pay three hundred million in taxes....  the same percentage for everyone....

this flat tax works best....  with the implementation of a tax on unrealized gains....  with the elimination of the corporate tax (a double taxation on investment / discouraging investment)....  with the elimination of ALL tax loopholes....  EVERYONE....  with an income....  pays the SAME tax rate....

the remaining taxes....  are either....  revenue neutral....  OR....  they address an externality....  and....  they are ONLY used to address the externality....