[jwalsh07]

If you don’t realize that the feds taxation already does “reach down into intra-state commerce”, help then I can’t you.

Good grief, are there any limits on the fedguv in your world?

A rational case can be made for the Fair Tax if the 16th Amendment is zrepealed but having a national sales tax concurrent with an income tax is insane.

[magritte]

Imagine the difficulty of repealing the 16th. 2/3 of the Senate, 2/3 of the House, then 3/4 of the states. For all practical matters, impossible.

[katiedidit1]

http://video.foxnews.com/v/1216016616001/why-bachmann-says-cains-999-plan-wont-work/?playlist_id=86858

[casablanca]

Good grief, are there any limits on the fedguv in your world?

If I had my druthers, the limits would be as stated in the constitution. I'd eliminate easily 60% of the federal government altogether, including ALL entitlements for non veterans. My ax would fall on the dept of energy, HUD, BATF, Dept of Ed, Homeland Security, DHHS, EPA, OSHA and countless other Bureaus and Depts. I'd pare the Federal Register down to 100 pages. So yes, my limits on the federal government make Ron Paul look like a big gubmint type.

A rational case can be made for the Fair Tax if the 16th Amendment is zrepealed but having a national sales tax concurrent with an income tax is insane.

I'd say double taxation on dividends, Death taxes, payroll taxes, and Cap Gains taxes concurrent with an income tax is even more insane, in that it stifles business and job creation. I think a 35% corporate tax rate - 2nd highest in the industrial world - concurrent with an income tax is nothing short of lunacy. And most of all, the grotesque, loophole ridden tax code and the 120,000 IRS is straightjacket material.