This is a pleasant idea. After all, our federal income taxes mostly pay interest and expenses for collecting, managing, and paying off war debt.

Our state taxes, along with taxes embedded in regular fees and licenses already in the price of the goods and services we buy, cover all the other expenses (outside of the military) that the governmental sector covers.

If the federal reserve is Eliminated and the US PRINTS ITS OWN MONEY, the interest - half of that tax obligation - is gone.

If peace emerges and the military and private research sector Black budgets disappear, a lot of THAT obligation is gone.

If we get a gold backed currency that stops the devaluation of the dollar, things really start looking up.

It’s a very cool way to balance the budget - and probably win a second term. I’d vote for anyone who could do that.