Posted on 04/18/2010 8:51:12 PM PDT by primyterious
After thinking about it for a while I offer this modest proposal to the tax mess.
We the People of The United States of America and the territories thereof do hereby amend the Constitution of same in exclusion of all other authorities by the power of our right of consent do establish bill of "Tax Limitation and Budget Balance"
Amendment:
This bill shall replace all taxation and governmental assignment of payments with a nationally apportioned sales tax of 10 per centum. The apportionment shall be 1 part federal, 2 state or territory, 3 parts county or parish, and 4 parts city or village (incorporated or unincorporated). This tax shall be assessed at point of final retail sale only only against the total value of goods and/or services. Goods that foodstuffs, clothing, medicine or medical apparatus, and purchase and maintenance of primary residence are excluded from assessment. The resale of retail goods shall be excluded if the seller does not receive more than 10 per centum of their total annual income from said sales. Wholesale transfer of goods and/or services to be bundled together as part of a final retail product are excluded from assessment. The seller declares the point of sale for determination of the jurisdictions over the sale.
No governing body shall pass or establish a budget that has payments or promise of payments that exceeding total revenues. Any elected representative or executive officer who shall agree to do so or even propose such a bill shall be removed from office and the bill nullified.
This amendment shall have force of law upon ratification by the People of the United States of America and the territories thereof. Any changes to the apportionment can only be made by the same vote of consent, being 70 per centum of the cast vote.
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