Stop Me Before I Vote Again

Thought Crimes ^ | 4-21-15 | Chris Shugart

[OneWingedShark]

Section 5 of the proposed tax reform amendment could use some refactoring:
No income tax levied by the federal government, the several States, or any subdivision of either shall ever apply varying rates to those in its jurisdiction.

If this means levels of government gets to tax up to 10% each, then the result may well be more layers.

This is a possibility; but it is not necessarily the case — consider states like TX which do not have an income tax, conversely some Cities (e.g. NYC) have income taxes [IIRC].

I haven't thought of a better way to address the problem of graduated income taxes as well as the various subdivisions.
Perhaps altering Sec V to read:
No income tax levied by the federal government and its subdivisions shall exceed 10%, neither shall the income tax of a State and its subdivisions exceed 10%.

[L,TOWM]

That’s an interesting idea, but I come down more on the side of making it illegal for any entity that cannot legally vote to donate to any politician or candidate. The idea that non-natural persons possess the same God given rights as a human being is detestable on the face of it and makes a mockery of the inalienable rights of actual human beings.