if i were to talk to tea party members- would want to know what they would give up in the government : defense , healthcare , social security , inter-state highway construction and maintenance , national parks , commerce incentives to help american businesses , international relations , farm subsidies , then i would like to know what kinds of taxes they would impose to cover what they wanted government to do : value added taxes , flat income taxes , a graduated income tax , corporate taxes , use taxes for -- gasoline , education , etc .