Dear ancient_geezer,
Oh, heck, getting the income tax back is a piece o' cake.
Wait a few years, when the first crisis appears, say, "Here's the solution! Tax the rich! We'll just nick 'em a little!"
Or, let the liberal lamestream media do lots of news stories on how people can hardly afford their health insurance because they have to pay 30% on the premium.
"Introduce a 2% [or whatever percent] income tax on the rich, to pay for exempting health insurance!" will go the cry.
Then, it will be the high cost of food!
"We can add a little to the income tax on the rich to pay for that exemption!" and the lower classes will rally to their patrons.
LOL. This is too easy.
sitetest
Oh, heck, getting the income tax back is a piece o' cake.
1) Not with a sales tax in place.
2) You going to support it? I won't.
3) What makes you think businesses that have had a taste of not dealing with federal taxes are going to do, roll over? I doubt that very much, they'll be fighting tooth and nail against any such imposition.
Saying getting the income tax back is a "piece o' cake." and doing it in face of conservative filibusters, businesses rolling up the contributitions to their favorite charity's Congress Critters doing it their way and those of us who have paid income taxes and dealt with an IRS are not going to just roll over for a re-instatement. We will be pushing hard for that 16th amendment repeal.
Yeh sure, the income tax will just pop right back like it had never been. Baloney!!
You may claim all kinds of dire predictions, the fact remains that this nation has had clear experience with what an income tax is about, there will be no rollover allowing a " "piece o' cake" return with an electorate that continues to go more conservative each year.
Sorry sitetest, it looks more an more to me that you prefer to stay with the comfortable nitch rather than go for the brass ring and fight to keep it. Your choice certainly, but one that I for one do not choose to go with.
Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.
--William Feather
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
--Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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--- Samuel Adams