A flatter tax my help in draining the swamp but to effectively control the national government the beast must be starved.  In order to starve the beast payroll deduction of any tax must be outlawed, the 16th Amendment must be repealed and tax day is the Monday before Tuesday's Federal Election.  The tax paying citizen must pay all taxes, federal, state, local, FICA and Medicare/Medicaid, before they send their respective representative to Washington D.C.