I am opposed to this for a very solid and reliable reason - I simply do not trust the government to be fiscally responsible. If they were able to pass this tax scheme, a short time later (after they've spent it all on the governmental equivalent of Booze, cigarettes, and lottery tickets) they will reinstitute the income tax anyway (they'll call it something else - of course).
If you need any further proof of the deceitful nature of these assclowns, witness the way they are marketing this scam to us: they call it a 23% tax. TOTAL BULLSHIT. It is a 30% tax. If you buy an item for $100.00 the "Tax" added will be $30.00 - and you'll pay $130.00 for the item. It is purposely deceptive.
Most likely they'll continually raise the 30% tax- in perpetuity. It will be a nice little incremental increase of only a 1/2% here and a 1/4% there, ostensibly to help the "POOR" or some other noble reason. Until one day you wake up and your 30% tax is now 50% - of course when it does hit 50% they'll call it 33% "all inclusive"
Ask yourself why, if this is such a great idea, are they starting off with a freakin' LIE?