I was just thinking....

One of the big stinks in Oklahoma recently was that the state was going to tax remittances.

Instead of a VAT tax on all US citizens, why not tax the remittances at the reat of say 15 - to 30%? Bank of America gets a fee and is making money on it.

A lot of the money that is sent is earned under the table and the states are footing the bills for everything else. There is a lot of undeclared income floating around out there for cash strapped states.