“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
The dread of taxes is nothing new, and few things arouse a larger sense of doom than terms like “comprehensive tax reform” or “re-balancing the tax structure.”
But too often the zeal of “no new taxes” causes people to delay a policy change to the point that government can then claim that it has turned into an emergency, requiring a drastic response.
This could be the case with sales tax reform. Putting it off could cause three results, none of which are good.