[Filo]

Oh really? Because you say it?

No, because it's patently obvious. . . at least to those of us with even a little bit of sense.

Time to take your meds Filo.

Which explains how you've achieved your level of idiocy, I guess.

It doesn't mean it won't be changed though.

Actually it kind-of does. It's not like there hasn't been ample opportunity. . .

For the upteenth time for your poor memory, the FairTax is Tax Law, not Spending Law.

Which is exactly why it's worthless. Deck chairs/Titanic.

Sure there is Filo. It's crystal clear. Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes.

Which has nothing to do with the question asked.

I've already agreed that the government has the right to collect taxes.

Your task, which you'll never accomplish, is to show me where The Constitution permits the Federal government to engage in the socialistic redistribution of wealth.

Collecting the money is legal.

How they are spending it (welfare, medicare, medicaid, etc.) is not.

You're not even smart enough to answer the wrong question right so I can't imagine you'll be able to address the right question with any intellect.

[Hostage]

Filo we know you are very slow in comprehension.

Let’s repeat it again in the hopes that you finally get it.

The Congress has the power to ‘Lay’ and ‘Collect’ taxes.

‘Lay’ means establish a law to implement and administer.

The FairTax is a law that imposes a tax on retail purchases once spending is above the poverty line.

Let’s repeat the point you are missing in CAPS:

The FairTax is a law that imposes a tax on retail purchases ONCE SPENDING IS ABOVE THE POVERTY LINE.

There is nothing unconstitutional in the above law and it remains constitutional even in the event the 16th Amendment is repealed.

So the question then comes to HOW the FairTax law can best implement and administer the portion I typed in CAPS for you.

And the answer is simple: refund the tax up to the poverty line in the form of a rebate. Because the government will not be tracking how much each individual spends, it cannot be called a refund, therefore it is called a rebate. But it is in effect a refund to every American up to poverty.