[piytar]

My only problem with the "fair tax": We will inevitably get Democraps in control again at some point. They will then add a "new" income tax "just on the rich." Of course, that's how our current income tax started, so in 30 years we will have BOTH taxes.

Come up with a way to prevent that from happening -- probably a Constitutional Amendment -- and I'm on board...

[clawrence3]

You're O.K. with a 23% "fair" tax?!

[Man50D]

Come up with a way to prevent that from happening -- probably a Constitutional Amendment -- and I'm on board...

Then you maybe interested to know Fair Tax supporters are pushing for a concurrent repeal of the 16th Amendment Fair Tax FAQ #38 . In fact a House Joint Resolution HJR 16 was introduced on February 1, 2005 to repeal the 16th Amendment.

A Joint resolution has the same force of law as a bill. A joint resolution is generally limited to special circumstances and is also used to propose amendments to the Constitution. Under that purpose, it does not require a presidential signature and becomes part of the Constitution when three-fourths of the states ratify or approve

[pigdog]

The FairTax bill does eliminate the income/payroll tax (and seveal others), eliminates the IRS, and requires the income tax records to be destroyed.

It also calls for the repeal of the 16th amendment. A tax bill cannot also be an amendment repeal bill since the requirements differ for the two. But the 16th repeal is veery much one of the things in the sights of the FairTax organization.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Yes, repealing the 16th would be a good prerequisite to establishing a national sales tax.