Gary Johnson: Trump's a pussy

[FatAndFaithless]

Well he isn't going to win.  By the time election day comes he'll probably repeat the trend of most 3d party candidates who fade badly.  People tell pollsters they'll vote for them but then can't be bothered to get off their asses and waste their time voting for someone who doesn't have a prayer.  There is a long history of this sort of thing in the US.

There is nothing you can say about Drumpf which is bad enough that I will disagree with.  The motherfucker is nuts.

I'm certain Johnson won't win, but the idea of a 'consumption tax' instead of an income tax rather intrigues me.  Is this something that's been addressed a bunch by historians/economists and discarded?  Or it is kind of a new-ish idea?

EDIT: found a couple of interesting articles on it.

http://www.investorguide.com/article/118...mpact-igu/

http://www.howmoneywalks.com/consumption...axes-only/


The biggest argument against it seems to be that it would raise less tax money for the gov't, which might be the reason no incumbents are arguing for it, heh.