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Taxman,

You are greatly mistaken if you think the fair tax seeks to right the wrong of the 16th Amendment with respect to working people and their property.

The truth is, Mary and Joe Sixpack, under the alleged fair tax, are enslaved just as they now are, because the proposed tax would tax the sale of the property which Mary and Joe have in their labor.

Now let us examine how this tax upon “property” would affect Mary and Joe Sixpack, ordinary working people. Mary and Joe have two children and find it necessary to earn extra money to pay their bills. Mary baby sits for neighbors in the community and cleans homes on weekends to raise extra money while Joe, who works for a plumbing company as a full-time job, also provides the same plumbing service on his own time to people living in his community to raise extra cash.

Under the alleged fair tax Mary and Joe Sixpack’s inalienable right to sell the property they have in their labor becomes a taxable event, and, they must first register with government to sell the property they have in their labor, collect a federal tax for Congress, file federal sales tax returns 12 freaken times a year under the penalty of perjury, and they will be compelled to keep any records Congress may dream up, not to mention the threat of audits which will constantly haunt them if they dare to sell the property they have in their labor.

Funny thing is, our founding fathers, during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, were fully aware of the oppressive nation of taxes imposed upon property and this is the very reason for our founding fathers demanding in our Constitution that No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.

Bottom line is, the alleged fairtax is a proposed massive expansion of what Congress may tax while keeping alive Congress’ power to lay and collect taxes calculated from profits, gains, salaries and other incomes.

JWK