[Jim Robinson]

The constitutional way to fund the Federal government... tariffs and excise taxes. But of course, the government Would have to be much smaller... but that’s also the constitutional way.

[JoeRender]

I am all for smaller government.

Starve the beast.

[Petrosius]

The constitutional way to fund the Federal government... tariffs and excise taxes. But of course, the government Would have to be much smaller... but that’s also the constitutional way.

Taxes on wages and salaries is considered an excise tax. Contrary to popular opinion, the 16th Amendment did not authorize the income tax on wages. That was already considered constitutional. What it did was authorize taxes on income generated by capital, i.e., rents, dividends, and interest.