1. Limit spending
2. Pay off the national debt.
3. Repeal the 16th amendment.
4. Amend the constitution to forbid social engineering.
5. Replace all legislators that ignore the constitution, especially the bill of rights.
Now any tax system would theoretically work.
What do you think?
Limit borrowing, and demand Congress include funding for any new spending bill (either a cut somewhere else, or a plan for raising the necessary revenue). Any changes to a bill that includes spending pushes back the voting date to give all in Congress time to revue the bill. Believe it or not, the founding fathers were not adverse to a little social engineering via taxation, neither are FairTaxers.
I do like your suggestion to replace legislators that ignore the Constitution and assume that wouldn't go into effect until after your amendments are passed. However, because the Constitution gives the SCOTUS the job of resolving Constitutional issues, don't you think your plan gives them too much power?
It's the raising of revenue that starts the increase in taxation or deficit spending. The spending should be set to a maximum rate not to exceed say 10% of GDP. The founding fathers may not have understood the extent that libs were willing to go with social engineering. I dare say they wouldn't have thought it necessary to capture votes vs the good of the people.
RE: Hamilton "I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value."