 should people making over 200000 be taxed at a higher rate than those making less  yes 9 2 votes no 36 8 votes a flat tax should replace our current federal tax 41 9 votes a sales tax should replace our current federal tax 9 2 votes undecided 5 1 vote total votes 22 federal taxation i would never have guessed that i would favor a sales tax on goods over various income tax schemes but it finally occurred to me that everybody spends proportionate to what they have but not everybody earns a taxable income and even more people are in this country legally and illegally as temporary workers students tourists or illegals criminals or others engaged in an underground economy but do not owe pay taxes to the us consequently a sales tax may be theh only way to make sure that everyone contributes and everyone has a stake which is not currently the case a much smaller percentage of tax on a much larger slice of pie with many more participants  