Would you vote for this plan? Why? Why Not?

All the talk about a "fair" tax plan as though ANY mandatory tax could possibly be called "fair". If what people want is a "fair" tax, it must be a voluntary tax because every other one is not a freely given one - it is one demanded by the government with threat of fine or jail, and that tax dollar will be used any way the government chooses to use it - even if it harms the citizens in more ways than merely reducing their usable income for their own needs.

I propose making federal taxes voluntary, with each taxpayer supporting those issues he wants to see his money used for, and by law the feds MUST use it that way.

Progressives would probably support the EPA, US Dept of Health, welfare, etc.

Conservatives would support the military and infrastructure, as well as preservation of the Constitution.

Libertarians would support all actions that promote liberty.

Each group would have what he wants to the degree he wants it. The budget would be LIMITED to what the citizens sent in in their voluntary taxes. There would be no overspending, and Congress itself would make no decisions that utilized the money we send in for specific programs.

If enough was not collected to pay for any particular item, that item would not be funded. It is the only fair tax I can even imagine. All other taxes use force in collecting, and many of us want a country that does not FORCE everything on us , using OUR money, and using it against our will. I contend they do not have the moral authority to do this. Legal, yes.

In effect, this would be the taxpayers writing the budget, increasing spending, decreasing spending, etc.

When we voluntarily accept being serfs of our own government, we must accept all the problems we've been seeing all too clearly lately. Our government has used our hard earned dollars improperly, wastefully, and wantonly - and have bankrupted the nation.

Tell me and try to make me believe that the taxpayer citizens cannot do better managing their own money and deciding on the federal "budget" which is never a real budget - OBVIOUSLY!