Paul Seaton actually accused someone else of "distortions of reality?" That is the epitome of irony!  And if the state decides a sales tax regime to be the best avenue out of this mess then let those areas of the state that charge a sales tax collect it and then send the check to the state. If the state creates a large sales tax agency and blankets the state with collection the local governments that depend on that revenue may wait for the equator to freeze over before they get their money back from the state. Hence, bankrupt local governments and destroyed credit base. So, legislators if you do it, do it right.