The Importance of a Consumption Tax

"I like the idea of a consumption tax more and more more than an income tax," he says. "It seems to get at what people are talking about when they say things like, well, the idle rich should pay more taxes" The incentive that this brings around for rich as well as poor will never know because nobody's ever going to do it,. But boy, if you're looking for justice, this would provide it along those lines."