Do you really think the openly socialist candidates want to replace a huge tax with a smaller one? You’ll get both taxes if they get their way.
Unfortunately, you are right, and it is not just the socialists, the globalist republicans except Trump are happy to go along with high taxes.
An example of a country which everyone should follow...
This country was a British colony in the British empire.
In 1963 it became independent from Britain, and became part of Malaysia. In 1965 it broke off from Malaysia and became autonomous country. It was just as poor as Malaysia, Indonesia and other neighbors.
Today it has the highest concentration of millionaires in the world, more than Qatar & Abu Dhabi & Switzerland! Every 6th citizen is a millionaire. Unemployment is zero. In fact there is a shortage of workers there so they import workers which are 1/3rd of the total work force. So how did this country became so rich in such a short time?
My guess is it was their policy of zero welfare of any type to able bodied citizens of working age. There are no food stamps, no unemployment checks, no rent subsidy, no free phones, so if you don’t work you can starve. No wonder the unemployment rate is near zero. The government can spend all the money saved on welfare for infra-structure. The airport, highways, cruise terminal, hospitals, etc are better than I have seen any country of the 36 countries I have traveled to. So if you haven’t guessed it already, the country is Singapore.