"We need to focus on the FairTax and on doing a top to bottom review of all government programs and eliminating all those that are not doing their job and consolidating all duplicated programs. There is no sense to have 6 programs designed to do the same thing."

- Brandon from Houston, TX

Brandon, you touch on two important issues. There are many government programs that exist that do not need to. This is a prime example of the inefficiency wasting our tax dollars. I also agree with you that we need to move toward a consumption based tax. A recent discussion on the issue led to a question about people who had worked for years, paid taxes on their money and have been saving for retirement. With a consumption based system these people would be getting double taxed on their money. Despite this problem, a gradual phasing may be the solution. I will continue to look into this issue to find a solution.

The following video is a decent representation on my thoughts regarding the IRS and the Fair Tax: