[sitetest]

Dear Principled,

The repeal amendment must first be passed by the Congress and three quarters of the states and be adopted, guaranteeing that the income tax becomes unconstitutional, before the NRST comes into being.

Otherwise, the 16th Amendment will never be repealed.

The current legislation doesn't do this. That is a fatal flaw.


sitetest

[lucysmom]

The repeal amendment must first be passed by the Congress and three quarters of the states and be adopted, guaranteeing that the income tax becomes unconstitutional, before the NRST comes into being.

Repeal of the 16th amendment does not make the income tax unconstitutional.

[pigdog]

Your desire to see the 16th repealed and taxation of income to become law before passage of the FairTax cannot happen in that manner. It is a logical fallacy since if unconstitutional there would be no income tax law and therefore no tax revenue.

There must first be an operable tax revenue bill such as the FairTax so that the removal of the 16th amendment and/or income taxation would proceed apace in a manner consistent with the laws of the country.

Getting the cart before the horse and destroying the income tax as you put forth would merely have Congress shooting themselves in the foot and cutting off government revenues as well. They would certainly be foolish to do that - and would undoubtedly lose their jobs on a wholesale basis if they were to let that happen since it makes no sense.

It's by far better to eliminate the income tax and its appurtenances and require its records destruction and THEN move on the eliminate the 16th and/or the constitutional prevention of income taxation in an orderly fashion and without chaos.

[pigdog]

No, that sequence is a non-starter since making the income tax unconstitutional in that way leaves us without a functioning tax law. But that would be a way to ensure the FairTax never passes if that's your objective.