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To: shuckmaster
Sorry, I don't agree with you, provided the constitutional amendment allowing income tax is repealed. Assuming revenue neutrality, monies that are not currently taxed, such as the underground economy, will be taxed thus lowering the tax required on a per capita basis. I also don't buy the class war fair arguments either, and no I am not rich. There will probably be upsets when enacted however I believe the overall result will be well worth it.
60 posted on 09/07/2005 7:06:11 PM PDT by Nuc1 (NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668)
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To: Nuc1

Dear Nuc1,

"Sorry, I don't agree with you, provided the constitutional amendment allowing income tax is repealed."

Well, it isn't.

The NRST legislation does not require repeal of the 16th amendment first to go into effect.

Rather, the legislation recommends the repeal.

Thus, the NRST, if passed, would be put into place, the current Internal Revenue Code would be repealed, but we'd still have the 16th amendment out there.

And we'd still need 2/3 of each House of Congress to pass a constitutional amendment, and 3/4 of the states to ratify it, to finally kill off the 16th amendment.

Which is pretty unlikely AFTER the politicians get to foist a new tax on us.

Pretty soon, for one reason or other, we'll hear calls to restore just a little itty-bitty income tax, only on the rich folks! They'll promise us NEVER to tax us little folks!

LOL.

It's deja vu, all over again!


sitetest


68 posted on 09/07/2005 7:37:13 PM PDT by sitetest (If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
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