[Political Junkie Too]

The other article said that taxes on property were direct taxes, but that taxes on transactions (income, sales) were indirect taxes.

I'd think that your suggestion would require an amendment, not just a bill.

-PJ

[Brian Griffin]

“The other article said that taxes on property were direct taxes, but that taxes on transactions (income, sales) were indirect taxes.”

“I’d think that your suggestion would require an amendment, not just a bill.”

Imagine if the Constitution had only been ratified by nine states. The federal government would have lost the ability to collect taxation from the four holdouts if the premise is correct.

Direct means I must pay the federal government myself.

Indirect means I get federally fleeced via a third party, such as a state, merchant or brewer.