I think theupman said it so well in post 64
"So many people seem to miss the real power of this thing ... I want to be able to determine how much tax I pay".
Amen from this (orange) Kool-Aid drinker. Will I pay more taxes? Will I pay less taxes? Isn't that what everyone is really concerned about? If you don't like the NST percentage, vote someone in who lowers it and cuts spending. It truly puts what the government spends in our laps. The choice of how we spend our money and what money we want to give to the government is ours.
Currently no one knows how much he pays. Average Americans are so happy when they get their tax "refund", money inappropriately taken from their check, which they could have put in a savings account or invested in their home. They are thrilled by getting their money back from the government, that they could have had months ago. If the naysayers here agree to get rid of payroll withholdings and EVERY American had to write a check on April 15th for the total amount of their taxes, I'll take that instead of this alternative.