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To: kevkrom

You may be correct in your judgement on a National Sales Tax being a Constitutional Excise Tax,however an Excise Tax imposed on ALL goods rather than just on certain goods seems to me to be more over reaching and oppressive a system of taxation than what the Founders intended.

The Government shouldn't need so much money that it has to tax everything.


179 posted on 09/13/2005 10:40:49 AM PDT by voteconstitutionparty
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To: voteconstitutionparty
You may be correct in your judgement on a National Sales Tax being a Constitutional Excise Tax,however an Excise Tax imposed on ALL goods rather than just on certain goods seems to me to be more over reaching and oppressive a system of taxation than what the Founders intended.

Especially when you consider the fairtax includes taxing services, which is really a tax directly on the fruits of ones labor. Hardly something a Judge in 1800's would have gone along with as Constitutional.

182 posted on 09/13/2005 10:47:18 AM PDT by Always Right
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