"And a NST is voluntary? Hardly. The fairest tax of all would be:
budget / # residents = individual's tax bill."
You call that VOLUNTARY? Where everyone gets assessed a fixed amount? You have to be joking.
No, I never said anything about voluntary ... the tortured definition of voluntary is being offered by others about the so-called FAIR tax.
As for my flat tax proposal, why shouldn't everyone pay an equal share in taxes? Note I said nothing about income. My really radical proposal is to scale the Federal government back to it's original powers, primarily national defense, and any other enumerated powers the states see fit to centralize. Then really honor "all men are created equal" and tag everyone with an equal share of the burden. This will quickly bring about the scaling back! Why not?