Originally Posted by Kevin-SFBucks

Huh? keep out tourists and immigrants? First of all, tourists are important. Tax them based on transactions (hotels, rental cars, food, etc). Immigrants will never go away, so why not tax them for usage too (western union money shipments out of the country could be taxed heavily to promote keeping us dollars within the US).

a progressive sales tax would be the same as a progressive income tax... tax the fuckin rich. Doesn't solve a thing except inform the rich that their dollars are treated differently than everyone else's.