This is not about foreign trade, of which I am of the mentality of Fredrick the Great and believe producers within should be freed and empowered while restrictions are placed where streams of wealth are being siphoned out of the country. This is also not about abusable federal reserve shenanigans.
Taxes I don't believe in personal or land taxes. I think neither the rich nor the poor actually want to pay taxes; it isn't a worldbrightening activity. Nor should there be negative feedback on improving ones home (as there is with property taxes).
It could, however, be argued that a just nation would have a 1%(or other low) tax across all sectors tieing the prosperity of the government to the prosperity of those within. The government should want for the businesses of the people to be successful and bringing in money and, through that success, be prosperous itself. In that sense I find taxes a healthy placing of positive feedback for the government.
Nationalization of business. What if, instead of taxes for income, a government were to nationalize an industry tied to it's natural resources? I wouldn't say Oil or mention attempts by various demonized countries because I don't want to be assasinated by the CIA. But would anyone beside wealthy execs and corrupt worldcontrolling powerplayers with horrid control over the CIA actually find it bad that a country owns one of it's own industries or resources? The people of the country would like it if the wealth were to actually nullify taxes or otherwise reach them.
Back to the 1% tax idea. An issue with current government is, when they want more money, they raise taxes; when they should be raising the prosperity of the people. If they want 2%, they should not raise taxes to two percent while not raising the prosperity of businesses; that hurts their own people for government's personal gain. If they want 2%, they should be doubling the prosperity of their businesses, and that initial 1% then brings in twice as much. So, should there be taxes, they should be low, to tie government prosperity to prosperity of the governed, and never rise.
Currently, I would do both ideas. Nationalize one or more nationbased industries while also doing a low blanket tax across sectors. I think, to help with positive feedback, politician income from lobbyists should be reduced and replaced by an income stream from the areas they are responsible for improving (with amount dependent on said areas prosperity). Should a politician increase prosperity for those they are responsible for, they receive greater income themself. Political choices should have nothing to do with selling out to the highest bidder.