“Congresscritters could no longer raise and raise the tax burden (as they have on the cost of gasoline) without people realizing it and raising hell.”
Oh heck, we raise hell all the time right now, so you think that would really stop them from raising taxes? Dream on. And if they lower taxes in one place, they will pop up in another. If you don’t think there won’t be a multitude of ways around 9-9-9 to raise revenue, you are drinking kool-aide.
Fifty percent of the people in the country do not pay any taxes whatsoever.
Might that have something to do with why our protests to date are not very effective?
Please reread the argument and understand that there is a big difference in accountability when every American has a stake in how taxes are compared to today when 50% of Americans are actually egging Congress on to raise taxes on the rest of us.