"The ill-conceived 17th Amendment needs to disappear, and corrupt senators and activist justices along with it."
Yeah that one sure sucks, but the 16th Amendment is the mother of all mistakes. It is the intravenous food supply for the FedGov beast and the only way it can sustain itself.
They've built layer upon further layer above and beyond it in order to permanentize their power, such as paycheck withholding and deficit spending. Their Achilles Heel is in their cash stream ( ironically the exact same argument that FedGov uses to go after Drug Dealers and Terrorists ).
If I could change one thing right now it would be for the Supreme Court to decide that "withholding" is unConstitutional and that paychecks may not be intercepted between employers and employees. This would force the taxpayers to manage their own resources and have to save enough cash in order to pay the taxman.
I'd give it one or two years max before the next Revolution comes about, one that exceeds the first revolution in size and scope, and for good reason - King George could never dream of taxing at rates from 40% to 90% ( in the late 1950's to early 1960's ). Of course this is exactly why the Supreme Court does not address something as unConstitutional as withholding which is patently contrary to the whole purpose of the Revolution in the first place.
“”Yeah that one sure sucks, but the 16th Amendment is the mother of all mistakes. It is the intravenous food supply for the FedGov beast and the only way it can sustain itself.””
Your wording is spot on. Genius.