Agreed, though it may well be worth the trade off if we could eliminate huge layers of bureaucracy.. there are also a lot of ancillary programs and subsidies that this could be in place of. Reducing military expenditures would help a lot too.

I keep thinking as well that switching to a VAT/tariff/excise system that included money transfers would be beneficial... Even allow (re)patriation of funds without taxes, while funds leaving the country are taxed.