No. of Recommendations: 3
Require a national tax ID number be associated with every purchase. If you choose not to provide it, you get charged the maximum tax rate at point of sale.
Are you familiar with Americans? That won’t fly. And those most in need of the discount will also be the most likely to refuse to use the number (more big gubbmint intrusion into our lives) or simply forget to have the number with them when purchasing.
While I’m fully in favor of giving MAGA voters what they voted for, I can’t in good conscience support a system that’s rigged against the poor and those near the bottom of the intelligence ladder.
And that’s just the administrative side of what is, in the big picture, a terrible idea.
—Peter
