See, the way this works is this:
I post a comment to you.
You read it. Actually read the words.
Then you respond.
You apparently skipped the 2nd step.
Now go back and try it again because I explained all of that to you already.
When you come back, tell me how successful you have been in eliminating all of that excess, wasteful and blatantly unconstitutional spending? What departments have you eliminated? What spending cuts have you achieved? Who have you elected that has picked up the torch and led us into battle against the government?
I'll save you some time. The answers are ZERO! NONE! NO ONE!
We've been trying it your way for a long time and we keep losing. This is a new approach that once in place will spur tremendous economic growth for mostly everyone and get the government off our backs.
Do you like the income tax? Do you think that it is fair? Do you think that it is constitutional? Do you think that it is American in it's intent and effects?
Completely irrelevant. I know I can't eliminate it. But I also know something you seem not to: eliminating it is of the utmost importance. To beg our assailants to use a bludgeon rather than a knife is to completely miss what really matters: we are under attack, and the assailants must be stopped.
We've been trying it your way for a long time and we keep losing.
The one thing we can be 100% sure of is that you have not been trying anything "my way". I'd be interested to hear you state what you even think "my way" is.
Do you like the income tax? Do you think that it is fair? ... Do you think that it is American in it's intent and effects?
No. Neither would a consumption tax be.
Do you think that it is constitutional?
Thanks to the 16th amendment, the answer is of course "yes." However, most of what the money is spent on is not Constitutional. Supreme Court decisions to the contrary carry as much weight with me as Dred Scott.