All of our lives are at stake, or at least the part that goes to earning income. The fact that someone has the power to point a gun in my face and tell me how much of my life they will steal from me is deadly serious. I'll ask one more time (not just to you camle):
By what right?
by the right of the nineteenth ammendment (I think that's the one) that authorized the income tax to begin with. And if you think that you can change it without another constitutional ammendment, then you will find out to your loss that we will then have TWO tax drains - income AND outgo.
Connecticut instituted an income tax some time ago. They lowered the sales tax by two percent when they did it. the result was a serious net gain for the state. Now the sales tax is higher than it was before, and the income tax is rising, and what hae been made better? precious little. The state just gets another pocket to pick.
Short of a Constitutiona ammendment, this is all you'd be getting. THAT is is serious, comrade (I was called a socialist earlier;-))