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by imtringued 1902 days ago
The easy fix would be to have a land value tax that pays for everything. You can trivially dodge sales taxes by not declaring them. There are legal ways and illegal ways to not declare them.

Meanwhile with land value taxes, you either own the land and you pay, or you don't own the land and you don't pay. The only way you can dodge this is by not owning assets in the US and by not living in the US. Landlords pass the land value taxes onto renters (individuals and companies) who then end up paying their fair share of the US taxes.