There has been increasing talk about the Fair Tax lately, and it's about time.  People will say that it's a great idea but it will never get passed by Congress.  I call these defeatists "Americant's" and remind them the same was thought about slavery, a woman's right to vote, and prohibition.  The Fair Tax (HR 25 as it's known in D.C.) will generate the same amount of revenue as the current tax system but repeal the 16th Amendment to the Constitution, and abolish the IRS once and for all! 

"But that would put hundreds of thousands of people out of work."  Funny, bureaucrats don't complain when blue collar jobs are sent over the boarder!  My solution is simple (of course).  If you work for the IRS now, you will be moved to Homeland Security and retrained.  You will keep your pension and years of service as before, except instead of keeping track and counting dollars, you can now keep track and count illegal immigrants and terrorists.  The additional cost to taxpayers...nothing.  We are not adding jobs, just shifting resources.

Plain & Simple:  No society has ever taxed it's way to prosperity.  The IRS has outlived it's usefulness, and Homeland Security is in the greatest need of resources.   Out with the old, in with the new.  Americans (and Americant's) win.