An honest tax would be a general sales tax.  If a general sales tax of 2.5 percent was on the ballet, I might vote for it if protections against squandering the money on pay raises for public employees was included (as in limiting government workers to total package compensation to average of private workers with equivalent jobs).  As it is, IMHO, enough voters will buy in to the notion that companies pay rather than people so that their vote is not fully informed.  Honest, truthful information for the voters is important.  Thank you for your comments.