To: Clairity
There can be no national sales tax without a constitutional amendment.
To: Repeal The 17th
There can be no national sales tax without a constitutional amendment. Not true. A sales tax is an excise tax, the kind that was origianally authorized in the Constitution. You pay a federal sales tax every time you buy gas.
90 posted on
10/08/2011 5:29:47 PM PDT by
Hugin
("A man'll usually tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear it"--- Open Range)
To: Repeal The 17th
There can be no national sales tax without a constitutional amendment.
I actually hadn't thought about whether you could have a national sales tax under the Constitution + current amendments. What's the logic, a national sales tax is a direct tax that would not be apportioned among the states based on population? The 16th Amendment only says income can be taxed without apportionment, but a sales tax would hit states with more spending harder than states with lower spending (so it isn't apportioned by population)?
91 posted on
10/08/2011 5:29:55 PM PDT by
DTxAg
(The Presidency is not an entry-level position.)
To: Repeal The 17th
“There can be no national sales tax without a constitutional amendment.”
Really? What prohibits it? How is a sales tax all that different from an excise tax?
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