[hedgetrimmer]

Section VIII --- The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States

The National Sales Tax is not an Excise. It is not a specific, fixed, absolute charge on a particular commodity. It is a general, percentage-based and therefore variable (based on variable market price) Tax which is charged universally on all transactions, commodities or services.

The National Sales Tax is not a Duty or Impost. It is not a tax solely levied on imports or exports.

Section IX --- No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken

The National Sales Tax is not a Direct Tax proportional to the actual census of the population of the Several States. It is a Direct Tax which is proportional to consumption - which can vary a great deal from State population to State population.

It is not a Constitutional Tax.

It is, however, an "absolute violation" of the Commerce Clause, by Unconstitutionally introducing the Taxing Power of the Federal Government into the transactions of one man with another, internally transacting commerce within the boundaries of the Sovereign State.
--Robert S. McIntyre, New York Times, Jan. 25, 1998

[Bigun]

It is not a Constitutional Tax.

Sigh!! I don't know WHY we have to go back and plow this VERY old furrow again but I guess we must.

Hedgetrimmer I would ask you to please do us all the favor of going and reading this old thread before we continue with this discussion.

[pigdog]

Stuff and nonsense. Check the link given in #47 for the detailed reading from a Profewaaor of Law at Georgetown where he teaches advanced constitutional law.

I'd certainly recognize his views over your odd notions unless you can demonstrate you have some similar legal/constitutional standing.

Thanks, Bigun.