@muehlfield@social.tchncs.de Actually ive always supported eliminating income tax and replacing it with VAT.

The one exception to what you propose is that the VAT rate should follow the luxury of the item. Grocery food should be 0 VAT while a new porche should be high VAT, but otherwise I agree.

But the important part here is your original post about redistribution of wealth isnt what your proposing here. thus I agree with you. The rich would pay the same rate as the poor so this scenario would not eliminate or reduce rich people, so I can support it fully.