[Man50D]

I expect a national sales tax in addition to an income tax. Both have great possibilities for social engineering. For example, food could be slightly taxed and tobacco and alcohol taxed at a high rate. Likewise, fatty food could be taxed at a slightly higher rate than leafy green vegetables. "American" companies could be taxed at a lower rate than "foreign" companies. (A Ford assembled in Mexico vs a Toyota assembled in Alabama for example.)

No current supporter of the FairTax would support the FairTax unless the entire income tax is repealed. Moreover, concurrent with the repeal of the income tax, a constitutional amendment repealing the 16th Amendment and prohibiting an income tax will be pushed through Congress for ratification by the states. It will become increasingly difficult for both taxes to be enacted considering the number of AFFT volunteers is 600,000 and growing ata rate of 5,000/day.

[sitetest]

Dear Man50D,

"Moreover, concurrent with the repeal of the income tax, a constitutional amendment repealing the 16th Amendment and prohibiting an income tax will be pushed through Congress for ratification by the states."

Nope, as things are currently configured, it's likely that the NSRT would pass and the repeal amendment wouldn't even get out of Congress.

The NSRT legislation needs only a simple majority.

The constitutional amendment requires 2/3 majorities in each house.

And then ratification by 3/4 of the states.

Color me a little skeptical that that's going to happen.

Especially AFTER we give the politicians a big fat juicy sales tax, WITHOUT first taking away their authority to levy an income tax.

Why are they going to go back and give away that authority by repealing the 16th amendment??

"We'll never use it, we promise. Well, only in a real emergency. Like a major war. Or something. Like, maybe if the deficit was too large. Or Social Security was about to fail. Or if we really, really needed to nationalize healthcare. Or if we really, really need to tax all those ugly old rich folks to subsidize food purchases for poor hungry starving deserving children."

No, thanks.


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