FIRE Easier If VAT Replaced Income Tax?

[RetireeRobert]

I think I might be a big fan of a "value added tax" or perhaps a "Fair Tax".

Do away with the IRS income tax code, all umpty-ump volumes of it. Abolish the income tax completely. Replace it with a value added tax assessed and collected at each stage of production (or performance of services).

How much easier would it be for folks to achieve FI and then RE. A lot I think.