Satellite Radio guy Mike Church has been WRONGLY saying it would take a constitutional amendment to pass Cain's plain. It would not- we already have an amendment that allows for income tax- this would just make the RATE 9%
I LOVE THIS PLACE but mostly because it takes POWER AWAY FROM THE GOVERNMENT~!! the 85,000 page tax code is just government controls on favored industries and groups. (favored because of the election year donations, more than anything else) It would save BILLIONS in compliance costs. It would wipe out tax lawyers (~!!! he would have had me right there) snd accountants. Which could go back into production.
There is also no reason a constitutional amendment would be required for the sales tax component, either. There is no explicit constitutional authority for federal fuel taxes, telephone excise taxes, et al. Just a statue and we’re paying those.