A Good New Tax Idea

After reading a news article I have read on Yahoo News about how the government could fix the lack of tax money coming in. I have decided after reading some comments that it would be a great idea. They should get rid of the income tax for the people not corporations, and put in it's place a federal sales tax of anywhere between 2% to 5%. With this tax in place the government would be collecting taxes from a much larger base than it is currently collecting from now. They would be making money from anyone who buys anything in this country or it's territories. This would include homeless people who would be paying taxes when they get money from begging or donation and they buy something, Visitors from other countries, because you know they would have to buy gifts for family back home, Drug dealers who make money and don't pay taxes because they are always buying things. Even the people who are working under the table and not paying taxes and even the illegals.