The Fed income tax could be eliminated. It is local and state taxes (income & property) that pay for roads, schools, police, etc.. The Fed income tax covers about 1/3 of the annual national budget. If we reduced today's national budget by 1/3 it would still be larger than what the entire national budget was in 2000. Does anyone not believe that the US gov't couldn't cut spending back to 2000 levels? The gov't would still have plenty to spend on the military without the Fed income tax.