I guess I'm a crybaby for disliking your dumb manipulation thing at the end. Oh well.
As for your big picture items, #1 does not seem to be targeted correctly for that goal, and #2 is a really bad way to structure a general revenue tax and instead we should do things like not pass huge tax cuts.
As for your big picture items, #1 does not seem to be targeted correctly for that goal, and #2 is a really bad way to structure a general revenue tax and instead we should do things like not pass huge tax cuts.