[rockhardo]

I have been saying this for years. Split the US, allow the liberal fascists to relocate to their coastal urban enclaves, taking all the freeloaders and the US debt along with them. The remaining 95% of the US will become a new Free America with a restored Constitution, minus the Supreme Court, with all judges elected, minus the Income Tax Amendment, minus the anchor baby provision of the 14th Amendment, minus the “well-regulated militia” language of the 2nd amendment, minus the interstate commerce clause, minus anything that would give liberal fascists a toehold. Social Security, Medicare, and other socialist laws since FDR repealed. No Federal Reserve, no national debt, flat tax, no deductions, no withholding, no business taxes, no capital gains tax, no power of Congress to change tax laws without a 2/3 vote of the people, term limits. Absolute maximum total of all state, local, federal taxes, fees, charges, or other money transfers to government: 20% of GDP. In one fell swoop all of the necessary reforms to reduce government power cold be enacted.

[riri]

If that were to happen, we would need a way to ensure progressivism never reared it’s ugly head again.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Your plan still keeps taxation power under control of a strong central government, which eventually would be corrupt. Taxation must not go above the state level. Cato Institute proposed such a tax system, called Reverse Revenue Sharing where each state give a certain percentage of what they collect (whatever/however they collect) toward legitimate interstate expenditure.