I understand what you're saying. What I was saying is difficult is introducing a new tax that would tax already taxed dollars. It's the "new" part - but I get that most new tax laws will do this.
So I probably agree with you.
So I probably agree with you.
But that’s empirically untrue. Every sales tax is precisely this. Every property-tax increase, too. They’re unpopular, as are all tax increases. But I don’t think they’re more difficult than raising first-pass income taxes.