I'm for both taxes.
Sales Tax to me seems like a great way to get back that capital your stealing for your country. BTW I don't think the time period before Income tax really represented the situation we face today.
Money is not printed frivolously and the government has broken up monopolies in the past who says they won't do so in the future. In terms of politics I'm sorry but we will never have a system that doesn't require some sort of favors to get the job done it's how politics work. It was like that before income tax and will be like that forever.
So avoid what you can legally it's your right to do so, but shoving money under the bed and hoping you'll be OK because you've got capital is pointless. Just look at Greece.
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