Why can't we have Federal Sales Tax instead of income tax?

[Reynard32]

FICA is a tax imposed by law. The proceeds of the tax however are exclusively used to fund premiums/contributions to social insurance programs. Semantics is not the important element here.

[Supposn]

Originally Posted by SportyandMisty

FICA is a mandatory insurance premium -- not a tax.

It is not the most regressive -- high income earners don't benefit from SS down the line; most of the benefit is means-tested away.

Sporty and Misty, a “mandatory contribution” is the definition of a tax; a “government mandated contribution to government’s gross revenue is the definition of a government tax.

You are failing to communicate the purpose of your post. What is the point you're trying to make?

Respectfully, Supposn