Federal income tax is dismantled and a sales tax replaces it.
Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) has proposed replacing personal and corporate income and estate taxes with a 17% national sales tax.
From a speech at the Cato Institute:
``The federal income tax system taxes savings, investments and hopes for the future. It is too complex, too intrusive and it prices our exports too high.''
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