The taxation issue need to stop being about which individual tax type and should be about the whole tax system.
I am of the opinion that it needs to change to a tax-trickle-up system.
The local entity (probably a county) levies a single kind of tax (income, property, sales, w/e). This is then used to fund all activities in that county as appropriate. Then, all county citizens vote on how much of their revenue goes to the state (with each county getting a single vote for the state).
That revenue funds the state activities.
Then all state citizens vote how much of the state tax revenue goes to the federal government (again with each stage getting a single vote).
The federal votes can be every two years to match the election cycle. States and counties can set their own cycles.
This trickle-up means that people, counties, and cities will understand how much they have to give up to run the larger edifices of government. It will also shorten the leash on state and federal governments.
The taxation issue need to stop being about which individual tax type and should be about the whole tax system.
I am of the opinion that it needs to change to a tax-trickle-up system.
The local entity (probably a county) levies a single kind of tax (income, property, sales, w/e). This is then used to fund all activities in that county as appropriate. Then, all county citizens vote on how much of their revenue goes to the state (with each county getting a single vote for the state).
That revenue funds the state activities.
Then all state citizens vote how much of the state tax revenue goes to the federal government (again with each stage getting a single vote).
The federal votes can be every two years to match the election cycle. States and counties can set their own cycles.
This trickle-up means that people, counties, and cities will understand how much they have to give up to run the larger edifices of government. It will also shorten the leash on state and federal governments.