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The text of the legislation is below. SHoud you prefer to read it: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas.

TITLE I--REPEAL OF THE INCOME TAX, PAYROLL TAXES, AND ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES

SEC. 101. INCOME TAXES REPEALED.

Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to income taxes and self-employment taxes) is repealed.

SEC. 102. PAYROLL TAXES REPEALED.

(a) In General- Subtitle C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to payroll taxes and withholding of income taxes) is repealed.

(b) Funding of Social Security- For funding of the Social Security Trust Funds from general revenue, see section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401).

SEC. 103. ESTATE AND GIFT TAXES REPEALED.

Subtitle B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to estate and gift taxes) is repealed.

SEC. 104. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; EFFECTIVE DATE.

(a) Conforming Amendments- The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended--

(1) by striking subtitle H (relating to financing of Presidential election campaigns), and

(2) by redesignating--

(A) subtitle D (relating to miscellaneous excise taxes) as subtitle B,

(B) subtitle E (relating to alcohol, tobacco, and certain other excise taxes) as subtitle C,

(C) subtitle F (relating to procedure and administration) as subtitle D,

(D) subtitle G (relating to the Joint Committee on Taxation) as subtitle E,

(E) subtitle I (relating to the Trust Fund Code) as subtitle F,

(F) subtitle J (relating to coal industry health benefits) as subtitle G, and

(G) subtitle K (relating to group health plan portability, access, and renewability requirements) as subtitle H.

(b) Redesignation of 1986 Code-

(1) IN GENERAL- The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 enacted on October 22, 1986, as heretofore, hereby, or hereafter amended, may be cited as the `Internal Revenue Code of 2005'.

(2) REFERENCES IN LAWS, ETC- Except when inappropriate, any reference in any law, Executive order, or other document--

(A) to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall include a reference to the Internal Revenue Code of 2005, and

(B) to the Internal Revenue Code of 2005 shall include a reference to the provisions of law formerly known as the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

(c) Additional Amendments- For additional conforming amendments, see section 202 of this Act.

(d) Effective Date- Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 2007.

Of course it would take an actual constitutional amendment voted on by the people to repeal the 16th Amendment. But the bill (HR 25) provides for it. Congress would have to pass the actual repeal amendment and pass it to the voters.

Interstingly enough the chance exists to actually do this. Conversely the Presidents illustrious commission came back with the same tried and true patchwork and hodge-podge we've had for decades.

Voters need to "bash" their elected representatives and senators constantly and consistantly to make the change. Not a flat tax and not a national sales tax. The flat tax will never be flat and the sales tax will only cause state and local governments to get into a bidding (or should I say pi**ing) war over rates.