[MNJohnnie]

As I explained. Right now in the current tax code there IS no safegaurd. You can always hide the tax hike as a “tax on business” or a “Tax on the rich”.

by spreading the tax base to cover EVERYONE with a sales tax everyone pays so everyone knows a tax hike will effect them

9-9-9 elminiates the political class’s ability to divide the people into payers and takers

[PapaNew]

My FRiend, as long as leftists are able to gain access to power, even the "safeguard" of the Constitution itself is in jeopardy. If they can dance around the Constitution, you don't think they can weasel around whatever NEW taxes you put in place as well as the old? It's foolishness to think that adding a whole new vista of federal taxes is anything but threatening to our economic freedom.

We should do what we can do which is, sure, abolish the tax code by creating a simple flat income tax across the board (no "political classes" if that's what you're worried about). But don't create a whole new tax landscape until the 16th amendment is repealed.