To VAT or Not to VAT

I would support a VAT Tax ONLY if it replaced an Income Tax. However, I am surrounded by retired liberal neighbors who vote for all the "government goodies" that those of us still working pay for through our taxes. I would enjoy seeing them begin to contribute again, involuntarily with a tax on every matinee movie, early bird buffet and seniors cruise they purchase. It would be especially sweet as this would be done to them by the politico's they support.