> [Raymond G. Van De Walker] favors a single tax on real-estate...
Yes, but this constitutes a devastating form of double taxation for those who struggled, earned and paid brutally high income taxes for many years to purchase a choice property for their low income declining years only to find that (surprise!) they must sell out and go... where?
While I am not arguing that the income and sales tax are *fair* I might argue that these are the ones that are most collectable. spike